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EDITORIAL We'd rather pout than face truth The truth hurts sometimes, don't it? Rad enough looking the economic, fool in front of tin: world and everybody, but now we have to hear it from the new big kid on the blo< k Hard for us Ameri < uns to take, with our egos at least the size of Lincoln Continentals. Tired of ITS-directed hostilities. Japanese media and government officials have given the gift horse track his gift Not willing to at < op! the responsibilits tor America's anger, they are now luying the blame for strained relations at the feet «>f t S oversensitivity, misunderstanding and inaccurate reporting Well, we always were tout hy when it t unto to our {HtfloslaJ. The lutest < nnimritl drawing the attention re portedly < amt; from Prime Minister Kiit lii Mivazawa. reflecting an observation previously voiced by sev eral other Japanese off» cials The message'' Basi cally ■ that tlie I Jnited States is not on tin: eco nomic ball, and we only have uurseives to blame. After Mivazawa was notified that he'd hurt America's feelings, he apologized, saying he sin < erely hadn't meant to do so. there was just a basic, lack, of communication. But too bad apology not accepted We'd rather ‘But too bad — apology not accepted. We’d rather stay mad; it’s easier that way. The big bad Japanese; it’s their fault America’s economy is a mess, unemployment is on the rise and our cars won’t sell. .slay in.nl. it s raster that way. I he mg had Japanese; it s their fault America's economy is a mess, unemplov meat is on the rise and our i ars won’t sell Their fault this country is hurting. Not ours. Admit it using a scapegoat works. And it's awful, ain't it when someone beats us at our own game How dare they c ompete with us, and win/ Hecf we only wanted to force our market system on the world d we remained king Who do these guys think ttie's art* am way? fiat wait. Iapaiir.se officials have tried throughout their economic rise to maintain peaceful relations with the 1 N , vet tension continues to increase Win ? [•‘or starters, we need someone to blame our trou bles on, and we miss our place as number one in the international economic game. So instead of looking for the grain of truth in Japan's observation of us. we'll keep our grudge; it's too hard to admit otherwise PO BOX OSS. EUGENE OBIGON9740J I'.v’y I • «*<**! n pU* dady Mo*'«!.*, f d .• -*g tf» v horn f 0.1 ■ ,md I Ar%3 t ’ "wk*y tJ 1 '"*Q !r’*» s./rn ’ »#/ t>y 1 ’>i O*o$on l ’♦ l "-or.ml -ty Id l-\ .<) <hm ljr\?vwrv*y o? Ot»yo*' I og**'** TH* l mpitk) opv'Attw. *k*p«ncj*nt,y ui "hi U? vt» s m o'1-.***- ai % o XK5 O' "wi f l>dW’ rt/»l \ it o! I'HI AfttOf .tftnl I’«o f <* pnvii;® property !*• .Am' rar^r^.t, CK of * prOM* ulAtMl (yUn*gtng l drtor I ditonjl l dtlor Graphs • Iditof t nl»rt«infn«nl f ditu/ t cJrtof u\ Ch«4 Pal Mar JmM PaaiAy l J» « t *»*»’t*!' 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A rt-rm W£LL, IT'S MOT SOKlTUiNS AWV6O0V A/££DS, SERVES NO PRACTICAL Oft SciENT/PiC PURPOSE, 'NOULD cost $ HO 000,000,000.00 Oft SO AND ___ ^JO 0N£ WJOUlD UjA^T TO Bvv IT EXCEPT m A f SOLD' Sf>A££ S TATI OW COMMENTARY Name calling hurts Zionist debate Jascr £ £ Ik I 1 J. |\l in v - i h •• ii r 1 • i t I w h e a r i s vo u h .11 i* lews,"' Jewish Student Union Ct> ii I [I'l 1 or I'll 1 i irim.111 lolii int- during .i plume < onvcr Nation (.in 17 it was a strange comment i iiniinu from the man who has mi a Mil it thvite i umpaign ( barging Jew li.itn .1 against the Sluihuil Insurant Vrl, | .louhle ( he. m ii in \ notes anil sure enough, here w as a Ira:, k a.im ssn >n that the i urrent slanders of the Insur g.-nt i*:11 ,ts idlliits are based on a tie The present controversy stems front lust month's pufilt . allot) of Zionism is a form ot rat ism In University dot total .....h ;,: (,:s Murte!i In that : ■ M .: - - :. .: goes !init /.ion ■ ism .is a political (not reli gl.ias) tdc.dngv. elaims special rights lor Jews to a homeland ll;s arguments art undeniably r .nt n a! main vs tor hi say ill llammatory Hut are llurv anti Semite' Pro lessor Israel Shahak. who Murrell ijiiotes. does not think so \nd Shahak should know having sorvived the ton i entration i .imps of the bona fide \a/is Ills comments are certainly worth repeating espe cially in light of Zur kermati s slanderous altar ks tin the edi tors of the Insurgt'M Shahak told Murrell, When v on got bar k to the United States, you will have to decide how to charar teri/.e Israeli poll In iii your own way You can t use the words I use because Itrst. nolxrdy will (relieve you, and second, you will lx- r ailed a lew haler, or worse 1 know what .. Na/i is | survived one group ol Nazis but now I live in a Vizi slate my country has become a \a/i state Israel, is not in my v lew. ei ther N.l/i or Iasi ist It is. how ever a state where capitalism and nationalism have interbred to produce particularly v iolent. .mil yex. r.n isl anli IVll.i! j'. at stake here is the rij4!js in critic i/. Period . .. ii::: k<w s that whim tu alt.a kx a pnlllicul urgani/u thin as anti Semitic lor "anti Jew isli as ha likas to say), that t)n' result is to disc audit every tiling that organization has to sav It is not debate, but dema goguery. when ln> falsely arcus us tin- Insurtit’iii ul Jnw-ha trod " Anti s,mutism, like racism, sexism, hoinuphuhia. and i lass chauvinism. is truly an insid unis Inn e that must ho fought at iarn opportunity Hut to i nto l/o Zionism which is a politic al ideology . is not the sumo as i ritu l/.ing Jews In fact, about halt the Jews in Israel arc not Zionists In fact, radical cri tiques ill Israeli state polit y like those artu ulated In Murrell are heard every day in Israel, and quite often, on tile floor of the Knesset, tlii1 Israeli parliament S. why should Murrell, the /risurgenr or anyone else give up the right to critic .i/e Israel lor the fear ol the anti Semitic label, when |e\x s in Israel make the same arguments' This question, and many oth ers. remains sorely unanswered by the hatred and resentment recently directed al the Insur gent and its editors The JSIJ leadership is so sure they are right (or so scared of debate?) that they seek to intimidate and silenc e opposing viewpoints I Ixdieve, on the other hand, that everyone benefits from an open and honest debate on the questions of Zionism, national ism. and the' rights of Palestini ans to a c ountry of their own Hysteria and name-calling serve only to obscure the reul issues at state Zuc kerman calls the Insur gerr( editors "Jaw-haters” be cause we have allowed anti-Zi onist viexys to be expressed in the paper Vet. on page two of every issue, our editorial policy reads All articles, xxith the ex < option of unsigned editorials. ri'llci t the views of inclivul 11 ,ik, ,ind mil ncicss.irilv those of the editorial collet tive Dm1 might think <it lirst tli.it Zuckerman. not having dealt with the Insurgent, is just not aequalilted with our editorial poll! \ However, such is not the case Zuckerman has eon trihuted, b\ Ills own estimation, nearly a dozen artu les to this publication over the past two vears Zuckerman know s wh.tt lie sa\s to lie untrue The Insurgent editorial hoard no more endorses the views ex pressed in Zui kerman s and other Zionists' numerous arti cles than we favor Murrell's work II the editors w ish to take a collective position, u e use editorials to do so Zut kerman and Ills allies ought to know better Vet no matter how much the /resurgent is accused ol anti Semitism. it cannot derail our commitment to debate Where else can students engage ill the kind ol debate on Zionism that appears in the I ebruary issue' Zuckerman, ISl: co-director Jo mill Dookslein. Rabbi Hunan Sills, and the entire progressive |ew ish community is now , and has always been, welcome to contribute to the paper And on numerous occasions, they have done so It was with this commitment to debate in mind that Murrell urged me to ask the JSIJ for an opposing viewpoint when we first discussed publication of this piece At the end of full term. I look his advice The JSIJ knows as well as anyone that the "lew-hating” claim is as preposterous as it is baseless Remember Zuckur mun s admission? Truth is always the first casu alty of demagoguery The fury directed toward the Student In surgent. whoso editors have spent countless hours in the struggles for peace, justice and a hate and violence-free world, oflers no solutions Jason Moore is editorial page editor of the Student Insurgent
