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...unmitigated shame that in Charles Kurzman's account of the protest against the PLO (4/27/83), he did not see fit to include a comment from someone who reacted strongly against Hassan Abdul-Rahman's speech, to get some perspective on what transpired...
...discussion of "The Road to Peace in the Middle East." They did not plan on "interrupting" the speech. Instead, those present were subjected to the harshest, most vicious of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish vituperation, remarks which went far beyond the limits of rational political discourse (I invite Mr. Kurzman especially, and others as well, to listen to a tape of the speech to refresh their memories...
Actually, Mr. Rahman said all that he wished to say, and some of his outrageous "facts" included the aforementioned "Jewish-Nazi collaboration" and, as Mr. Kurzman does point out, "that it was the Israelis who blew up the American Embassy in Beirut." Why did not Mr. Kurzman include some more of Rahman's anti-Jewish statements and outright falsehoods to give a truer sense of the content of the speech...
...does the article covering the Falwell talk (4/26) give so much more print to the comments of the protestors at that event than did Mr. Kurzman's? Further, The Crimson pointed out how Mr. Falwell "sidestepped questions" on a variety of topics, including apartheid and abortion. Where is Mr. Kurzman's mention of the fact that Rahman never responded directly to any of the questions asked him? Indeed, if the sponsors really cared about educating the audience, perhaps they would have directed him to answer the questions, rather than allowing him to engage in verbal gymnastics and anti-Israel...
Meredity E. Greene, Thomas H. Howlett, Heidi M. James, Charies T. Kurzman, Diane M. Cardwell, and Jacob M. Schiesinger compiled this report. Selected Books Book, Author (Course) Coop Harvard Book Store Paper-Back Book Smith WordsWorth WordsWorth 2 The Oresteia, Aeschylus (Lit & Arts A-11) $4.95 3.95 -- -- 2.95 The Counterfeiters, Andre Gide (Lit & Arts A-19) 4.95 4.95 4.95 -- 1.95 The Castle, Franz Kafka (Lit & Arts A-19) 5.95 -- 5.95 3.36 1.95 The Best of the Achaeans Gregory Nagy (Lit & Arts C-14) 7.95 7.95 -- -- -- The Wordly Philosophers, Robert Heilbroner (Social Analysis 10) 7.95 7.95 -- 6.43 3.47 Off the Record...