On July 4, Amazon spammed its customers with advertisement of Norman Finkelstein's virulently anti-Semitic book, Image and Reality of the Israeli-Palestine Conflict. On May 30, Amazon similarly advertised Beyond Chutzpah: on the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History. I have never received any other ad from Amazon.
On April 4, in an unprecedented move, Amazon deleted all reviews of Obadiah Shoher's Samson Blinded: A Machiavellian Perspective on the Middle East Conflict. A few days later, Amazon forced its subsidiary Booksurge to terminate publishing contract with Shoher whose book is now available for download from http://www.samsonblinded.info . Google earlier banned advertising of the Samson Blinded for "unacceptable content." Shoher, indeed, is pro-Israeli, yet realistic and critical of Israeli policies.
Obadiah Shoher, an anonymous politician, abandons myths and moralizing in favor of realpolitik. He argues for raw efficiency of antiterrorist operations and shedding liberal idealism. Shoher asks inconvenient questions and gives honest answers. Amazon does not like that. Anti-Semitic lampoons by Norman Finkelstein are more to Amazon's taste.
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Booksellers are free to sell or not sell whatever they want, but I think the more ridiculous literature out there, the better. The more people that read it, the more it can be exposed for what it is --- if indeed it is that ridiculous.
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Jammer91 wrote:
If Soundgarden is perfectly fine with playing together with Tad Doyle on vocals, why the fuck is he wasting his life promoting the single worst album of all time? Holy shit, he has to be the stupidest motherfucker on earth.
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Norman Finkelstein is Jewish, just like Noam Chomsky. They're just critics, they aren't anti-semitic. Stuff like this is totally preposterous - I'm guessing these people had ties to family member who were in the holocaust or are still living in Israel.
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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glorified_version wrote:
Norman Finkelstein is Jewish, just like Noam Chomsky. They're just critics, they aren't anti-semitic. Stuff like this is totally preposterous - I'm guessing these people had ties to family member who were in the holocaust or are still living in Israel.
I would have never guessed that someone named Norman Finkelstein was Jewish.
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Norman Finkelstein is Jewish, just like Noam Chomsky. They're just critics, they aren't anti-semitic. Stuff like this is totally preposterous - I'm guessing these people had ties to family member who were in the holocaust or are still living in Israel.
I would have never guessed that someone named Norman Finkelstein was Jewish.
Norman Finkelstein is Jewish, just like Noam Chomsky. They're just critics, they aren't anti-semitic. Stuff like this is totally preposterous - I'm guessing these people had ties to family member who were in the holocaust or are still living in Israel.
I would have never guessed that someone named Norman Finkelstein was Jewish.
I would have never guessed that Noam Chomsky isn't anti-semitic.
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Finkelstein sounds like a jewish name...so it cant be really anti-semitic.
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glorified_version wrote:
Norman Finkelstein is Jewish, just like Noam Chomsky. They're just critics, they aren't anti-semitic. Stuff like this is totally preposterous - I'm guessing these people had ties to family member who were in the holocaust or are still living in Israel.
People often mistake anti-zionist with anti-semitic.
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Human Bass wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
Norman Finkelstein is Jewish, just like Noam Chomsky. They're just critics, they aren't anti-semitic. Stuff like this is totally preposterous - I'm guessing these people had ties to family member who were in the holocaust or are still living in Israel.
People often mistake anti-zionist with anti-semitic.
Especially Zionists.
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shades-go-down wrote:
Booksellers are free to sell or not sell whatever they want, but I think the more ridiculous literature out there, the better. The more people that read it, the more it can be exposed for what it is --- if indeed it is that ridiculous.
Exactly. Why do you think that bookshops still sell 'Mein Kampf'?
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I don't understand why someone would make a screen name just to post this
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LittleWing sometime in July 2007 wrote:
Unfortunately, it's so elementary, and the big time investors behind the drive in the stock market aren't so stupid. This isn't the false economy of 2000.
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punkdavid wrote:
glorified_version wrote:
Norman Finkelstein is Jewish, just like Noam Chomsky. They're just critics, they aren't anti-semitic. Stuff like this is totally preposterous - I'm guessing these people had ties to family member who were in the holocaust or are still living in Israel.
I would have never guessed that someone named Norman Finkelstein was Jewish.
That God Damn Finkelstein Shit Kid, Son of a Bitch!!
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spaggy boy wrote:
shades-go-down wrote:
Booksellers are free to sell or not sell whatever they want, but I think the more ridiculous literature out there, the better. The more people that read it, the more it can be exposed for what it is --- if indeed it is that ridiculous.
Exactly. Why do you think that bookshops still sell 'Mein Kampf'?
I tried to read Mein Kampf once, but its so damn BORING!!! totally piece of shit no matter what is the subject.
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