tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13169838.post112247753320458347..comments2023-07-31T15:17:30.792+01:00Comments on Christian Hate?: Jaw, jaw and war, war: a discussionCyrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00512481025183200804noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13169838.post-1123633906588326922005-08-10T01:31:00.000+01:002005-08-10T01:31:00.000+01:00cyrus,As always, you have interesting thoughts. I...cyrus,<BR/><BR/>As always, you have interesting thoughts. <BR/><BR/>I have tried to post comments, not articles, on Engage - just like I am doing on your web site without incident - and, in some instances, Engage posts my comments but, in other instances, the webmaster does not. None of my comments is disrespectful or defamatory. Some have, as noted before, discussed the role of Islam in the Arab Israeli conflict. Such comments are not posted.<BR/><BR/>I cannot imagine any legitimate reason why Engage does not permit people to post comments so long as the comments are not defamatory. Such, among other things, leads me to the views I hold. Then again, I may well be mistaken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13169838.post-1123606215265423282005-08-09T17:50:00.000+01:002005-08-09T17:50:00.000+01:00NealInteresting comment. First of all I must give ...Neal<BR/><BR/>Interesting comment. First of all I must give Engage credit for being broadminded enough to include this site in their blogroll. But I think their difficulty is that they are running a campaign in the strongly left-leaning environment of an academic trade union and they have to keep as much of the left on-side as they can. I suspect that for some of them there is no problem in staying inside the parameters of left-wing orthodoxy, but for others it means tactical self-censorship. I can't judge whether they are right about the tactics, but even if they are, it makes it all the more important that there are other voices prepared to challenge the mindset of the boycotters on a more fundamental level.Cyrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00512481025183200804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13169838.post-1123603987079849762005-08-09T17:13:00.000+01:002005-08-09T17:13:00.000+01:00The worst thing about the Engage website is that i...The worst thing about the Engage website is that it censures comment posted by readers for expressing opinions with which the editor disagrees. A reasonable question is why they need opinion posted at all. Perhaps they like the sound of one hand clapping.<BR/><BR/>To daniel,<BR/><BR/>I think the issue with the Engage cite is that its publisher thinks (or at least that is my impression) that comment that suggests that tradionalist Islamic notions such as the Jihad/dhimma idiology (which posits the need for universal Muslim rule under Muslim law brought, if need be, by violence) might raise an issue pertinent to understanding the dispute between the Muslim Arabs and the Israelis is a racist point of view. <BR/><BR/>Which is to say, the issue with Engage is an unwillingness to consider different opinions, not fear. Such, in my view, is the result of the orthodoxy which has swept over universities and it is the very same orthodoxy which drove people to seek a boycott against Israel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13169838.post-1123456652076712762005-08-08T00:17:00.000+01:002005-08-08T00:17:00.000+01:00Have to admit I haven't read the whole article but...Have to admit I haven't read the whole article but your final letter made me sit up straight and think.<BR/>It's ridiculous that Israel is demonised so much here that to defend the Israeli right makes you a fascist. That Jews are scared to speak out shows you how strong the ingrained fear of antisemitism is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com