Comments on: Tsunami: Hating the Victims http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/01/23/tsunami-hating-the-victims/ Essays on politics, culture and ideas about Israeli-Arab peace and world music Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:04:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place » Blogging and Blog Comments: Absolute Freedom or Civil Discourse? http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/01/23/tsunami-hating-the-victims/#comment-1187 Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place » Blogging and Blog Comments: Absolute Freedom or Civil Discourse? Sat, 27 Aug 2005 06:02:42 +0000 http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/wordpress/?p=642#comment-1187 [...] I find this argument absolutely unconvincing. Who says that your blog is a free speech zone? My blog IS a free speech zone as long as a visitor can maintain civil discourse. That means you can’t insult my religion, my person, my family. It means you can’t call me pejorative names. It means you can’t wish for the destruction of my fellow Jews. It means you can’t accuse me of “sexually mutilating” my son because a mohel performed a Jewish ritual circumcision on him. Someone please give me one good reason why it is important to include every comment that’s ever been posted here including the types I mention above (these are the ones displayed in my blog–you can imagine what the deleted ones were like!)? [...] [...] I find this argument absolutely unconvincing. Who says that your blog is a free speech zone? My blog IS a free speech zone as long as a visitor can maintain civil discourse. That means you can’t insult my religion, my person, my family. It means you can’t call me pejorative names. It means you can’t wish for the destruction of my fellow Jews. It means you can’t accuse me of “sexually mutilating” my son because a mohel performed a Jewish ritual circumcision on him. Someone please give me one good reason why it is important to include every comment that’s ever been posted here including the types I mention above (these are the ones displayed in my blog–you can imagine what the deleted ones were like!)? [...]

]]> By: kjfalk http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/01/23/tsunami-hating-the-victims/#comment-616 kjfalk Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/wordpress/?p=642#comment-616 Wow. That comment was simply... stunning. Perhaps he was referring to the seminal book, <em>Everything I Need to Know In Life I Learned In Kindergarten</em>? Clearly, he missed the part about playing nicely with others. I highly recommend that you make a donation to a tsunami relief organization in his honor... and make sure they let him know about it. Wow. That comment was simply… stunning.

Perhaps he was referring to the seminal book, Everything I Need to Know In Life I Learned In Kindergarten? Clearly, he missed the part about playing nicely with others.

I highly recommend that you make a donation to a tsunami relief organization in his honor… and make sure they let him know about it.

]]> By: mohamed http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/01/23/tsunami-hating-the-victims/#comment-617 mohamed Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/wordpress/?p=642#comment-617 it's just that kind of people that would make establishing peace on this earth an "impossible mission" ,every human life is precious whatever it's race or religion and as sir richard said tsunami victims belong to different faiths ( it's obvious that death is not racist!! ) and i think it's a shame to feel sorrow about the billions of dollars lost in the 9/11 attacks neglecting the real lost of 3000 souls ,not only he's infantile ,impolite he's also ignorant , by the way the kids are beautifuls and the unique thing that i find ugly is the heart of this "james king".thank you. it’s just that kind of people that would make establishing peace on
this earth an “impossible mission” ,every human life is precious
whatever it’s race or religion and as sir richard said tsunami victims
belong to different faiths ( it’s obvious that death is not racist!! )
and i think it’s a shame to feel sorrow about the billions of dollars lost
in the 9/11 attacks neglecting the real lost of 3000 souls ,not only
he’s infantile ,impolite he’s also ignorant , by the way the kids are
beautifuls and the unique thing that i find ugly is the heart of this
“james king”.thank you.

]]> By: James King http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/01/23/tsunami-hating-the-victims/#comment-618 James King Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/wordpress/?p=642#comment-618 So 2 people actually read Siverstein's dull blog? Dicky, you are the classic, wimpering liberal who can't face reality. Don't call me a racist...that's so typical of people who disagree with libs. We're either dumb, racist, whatever. Nobody cares about your opinions, Silvia, but blog away. The only reason I stumbled over it was through research on the tsunami victims. It's amusing to me that you are still trying to deal with me. Thanks! JK PS: If your 2 blubbering readers want to e-mail me, great! So 2 people actually read Siverstein’s dull blog? Dicky, you are the classic, wimpering liberal who can’t face reality. Don’t call me a racist…that’s so typical of people who disagree with libs. We’re either dumb, racist, whatever. Nobody cares about your opinions, Silvia, but blog away. The only reason I stumbled over it was through research on the tsunami victims. It’s amusing to me that you are still trying to deal with me. Thanks!

JK

PS: If your 2 blubbering readers want to e-mail me, great!

]]> By: Richard Silverstein http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2005/01/23/tsunami-hating-the-victims/#comment-619 Richard Silverstein Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://box22.bluehost.com/~richard2/wordpress/?p=642#comment-619 I didn't call you a racist though since you brought the term up...if the shoe fits, wear it! Actually, 350 unique visitors visit my blog every day. Instead of stalking my blog [I've deleted several personally hateful comments from King, but he just keeps coming back with new IP addresses every time I ban one], why don't you start your own. Let's see how much of an audience your strange & twisted views would attract. Certainly, the odd fellow writing the hateful blog " A Proud Tsunami Sympathizer" (yes, I'm sorry to say there actually is a piece of crap like this out there in the blogosphere) would be one of your first (& only?) readers. Actually, I'm not hoping that my readers e mail you. I'm really hoping every spambot in the world picks up your e mail address & floods your Inbox with the same type of garbage you spew all over the web. I didn’t call you a racist though since you brought the term up…if the shoe fits, wear it!

Actually, 350 unique visitors visit my blog every day. Instead of stalking my blog [I've deleted several personally hateful comments from King, but he just keeps coming back with new IP addresses every time I ban one], why don’t you start your own. Let’s see how much of an audience your strange & twisted views would attract.

Certainly, the odd fellow writing the hateful blog ” A Proud Tsunami Sympathizer” (yes, I’m sorry to say there actually is a piece of crap like this out there in the blogosphere) would be one of your first (& only?) readers.

Actually, I’m not hoping that my readers e mail you. I’m really hoping every spambot in the world picks up your e mail address & floods your Inbox with the same type of garbage you spew all over the web.

]]>