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
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Name calling hurts Zionist debate
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|\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