tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post3578574027326163319..comments2023-10-03T23:58:17.279+11:00Comments on Middle East Reality Check: The Unpalatable Truth About Martha Gellhorn 2MERChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14500573372528287733noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-25022751746952976062013-10-27T19:09:45.307+11:002013-10-27T19:09:45.307+11:00You're evading my questions.You're evading my questions.MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-48524197749146436762013-10-27T19:03:21.176+11:002013-10-27T19:03:21.176+11:00I should I "explain"? I was talking just...I should I "explain"? I was talking just about Gellhorn. What others do is besides the subject. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-19260276212575441792013-10-27T17:56:52.966+11:002013-10-27T17:56:52.966+11:00She has both parents. And yes, her "blind spo...She has both parents. And yes, her "blind spot" is determined by her Jewishness. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-18698014392268180542013-10-27T17:46:55.748+11:002013-10-27T17:46:55.748+11:00So Gellhorn's blind spot is biologically deter...So Gellhorn's blind spot is biologically determined, the result of having at least one Jewish parent?MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-63694061277362923002013-10-27T16:53:28.376+11:002013-10-27T16:53:28.376+11:00That her Jewishness and not "Dachau" was...That her Jewishness and not "Dachau" was the reason of her "blind spot".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-79477012565673806802013-10-27T14:43:33.616+11:002013-10-27T14:43:33.616+11:00So what then, in terms of behaviour, is supposed t...So what then, in terms of behaviour, is supposed to flow from this?MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-14366770194389928472013-10-27T13:54:54.116+11:002013-10-27T13:54:54.116+11:00OK,a person "is considered Jewish if both par...OK,a person "is considered Jewish if both parents are Jewish". Jewishness is "the quality of being Jewish". There are dictionary definitions.I can't believe that you don't know that. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-62976661473778181122013-10-27T09:37:32.149+11:002013-10-27T09:37:32.149+11:00So you're happy to throw around terms such as ...So you're happy to throw around terms such as "Jewishness" and "completely Jewish," but you expect me to work out what you're on about? Get real.MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-74946030653992057352013-10-27T08:38:06.752+11:002013-10-27T08:38:06.752+11:00If you don't know why you bother writing this ...If you don't know why you bother writing this blog? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-90504007495490240782013-10-26T23:07:07.256+11:002013-10-26T23:07:07.256+11:00Which is?Which is?MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-25346019281614393502013-10-26T22:22:33.045+11:002013-10-26T22:22:33.045+11:00What make you think that I have other definition t...What make you think that I have other definition than their own?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-5066775798134321932013-10-26T21:57:21.573+11:002013-10-26T21:57:21.573+11:00So what is your definition of "Jewishness&quo...So what is your definition of "Jewishness"?MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-70924787000241655232013-10-26T21:34:59.968+11:002013-10-26T21:34:59.968+11:00By doubting that Martha's Jewishness is the pr...By doubting that Martha's Jewishness is the primary reason of her palpable hatred for Arabs. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-23132767514462008592013-10-26T21:22:49.017+11:002013-10-26T21:22:49.017+11:00How so?How so?MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-73613449169933248132013-10-26T20:52:33.180+11:002013-10-26T20:52:33.180+11:00MERC, you are undermining your own argument (and c...MERC, you are undermining your own argument (and credibility).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-27107714318418150662013-10-26T16:18:19.254+11:002013-10-26T16:18:19.254+11:00Being Jewish(or Christian or Muslim)may have nothi...Being Jewish(or Christian or Muslim)may have nothing to do with biology. But being (completely)Jewish has everything to do with dismissing the "Arabs of Palestine", as she indeed did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-88255536407698069682013-10-25T18:37:52.269+11:002013-10-25T18:37:52.269+11:00I really have no idea. In her reportage on Dachau,...I really have no idea. In her reportage on Dachau, Gellhorn wrote: "The gas chamber is part of the crematorium. The crematorium is a brick building outside the camp compound, standing in a grove of pine trees." (The Face of War, 1959/ republished in 1986, p 183)MERCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6844367946876032905.post-90346125184442811182013-10-25T13:43:39.241+11:002013-10-25T13:43:39.241+11:00For me, being Jewish or Christian or Muslim or any...For me, being Jewish or Christian or Muslim or any other -ism has nothing to do with biology. MERCnoreply@blogger.com