The Logic Off Topic list

On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 steve@... wrote:

> >    From: TazmnianDv@...
> >Subject: Re : Waves Plugs
> >
> >After reading this article in today's Los Angeles Times, I am going to
> >think hard and twice before buying any Waves Products (since they are an
> >Israeli company). Maybe we can vote with our pocketbooks to show that we
> >reject full scale military attacks on innocent civilians and ethnic
> >cleansing.
>
> The rest of this post was cut.
>
> This is WAY OFF TOPIC.
> Are you looking for an argument here?
> Do you believe everything you read regarding the Middle East?
>
> Take your prejudice  and anti-semetic remarks and shove them where
> the sun don't shine!

Just wanted to point out that nothing in his post was anti-semitic.

Opposing military action against civilians by a country's government is
completely different than attacking the ethnic/religious group of which
that country is comprised.

It's frustrating to hear cries of "anti-semite" at every (justified)
criticism of Israel's military action.

Of course it's probably not fair to blame Waves for the actions of their
government.  I certainly wouldn't want to be blamed for all the people the
U.S. kills overseas.  But if it somehow turned out that the audio geeks at
Waves were militant Israeli nationalists that supported occupation of the
West Bank, I'd immediately download all their cracked plug-ins :-)

-Denizen