tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11246378.post114643357478817921..comments2007-04-15T05:01:26.962-05:00Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136288776536969147noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11246378.post-1146769105542774202006-05-04T13:58:00.000-05:002006-05-04T13:58:00.000-05:00Brandeis is pulling or banning a Palestinian art display that depicts dead or wounded Palestinian children because it is too "one-sided." Apparently equal amounts of death and destruction in the struggle must be depicted in order for art to be fair and balanced. http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=137773karenanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11246378.post-1146531125830873712006-05-01T19:52:00.000-05:002006-05-01T19:52:00.000-05:00Joe, this news really disgusts me. What insight or inspiration could this man possibly have for graduates of Brandeis University?<BR/><BR/>As far as ignoring human rights violations in the <BR/>Arab world, the US and Israel take it to the highest levels. War, land grabs, those things that we do or ignore are real human rights violations. <BR/><BR/>Good luck with those finals.karenahttp://karenas.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11246378.post-1146513342527984102006-05-01T14:55:00.000-05:002006-05-01T14:55:00.000-05:00Thanks for your comments over at Karena's blog. Always appreciate someone defending my arguments!<BR/><BR/>Interesting why you suspect Brandeis chose Prince El Hassan. Honestly, I hadn't even thought much about their motives in choosing him; I just knew it was a bad choice. I think it this case, it probably has more to do with the fact that Jordan is a close ally of Israel and the US, and these things are pretty important to a school like Brandeis with its historic sympathy for Israel. I think it reflects the willingness of Americans and Israelis to ignore human rights in the Arab world as long as countries do their bidding.Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14136288776536969147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11246378.post-1146485116543614652006-05-01T07:05:00.000-05:002006-05-01T07:05:00.000-05:00Hey Joe, I came over from Karena's blog because I thought you made some bold statements about the demonstrations that one does not often hear from "the left" about some of the concerns with the agenda of organizers and the diluted message. I still think they are important, but agree that there are so many issues that people try to squeeze in, so many people trying to get their fifteen minutes of fame, so many groups with so many things going on...now I am not knocking some of these causes, but some of the rallies have gone on for a long time and there are some hateful signs. Theya re not all from the GOP, there are some mass produced by certain groups.<BR/><BR/>Moving on though, I think with many universities the speakers have to do with money and patronage and that few seem to care about the histroy of the speakers, unfortunately. its a political move. These schools pander to wealthy people.Happens elsewhere too.Lilyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12478989008280826965noreply@blogger.com