Word: paranoias
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such an outlook on American life often angers the American Jew who feels fully and securely American; more frequently, he labels it paranoia. But the warning also resonates undeniably for those whose ancestors have fled homelands, and not only in the distant past. Having set up such resonances in all their disturbing intensity. Cowan's book calms and inspires by reminding the Jew of his other, always retrievable world--where, once he has entered, he is no longer an outsider but an active, essential link in an endless chain...
...want to add that this kind of reasoning is exceedingly dangerous. Had Ms. Wharton remained in MEEP, could we have then concluded that the conference was a forum for the Zionist liance? Of course not. We must make distinctions between organizations and their individual members, or politics dissolves into paranoia...
...quite possible that the collective hysteria that struck nation-wide last weekend indirectly caused these incidents to occur. With countless articles about the issue (prompted by countless meetings prompted by many over-reacting parents), newspapers and television spots put ideas into that many more sick heads. Just as paranoia builds on itself until the subject is immobilized, so the elaborate Halloween precautions may have spurred the very attacks they were meant to protect...
SUCH OBVIOUS PARANOIA can't help but recall the embarrassing leak last May, when a transcript of a high-level discussion on enforcement became public. In the course of the meeting, which both Meese and Turnage attended, officials discussed possible political backlash from enforcement, and one suggested targeting politically conservative and quiet regions of the country for the first few indictments. The consideration of such underhand tactics, together with the current fumbling, indicate that a lot more unsavory action may yet be revealed...
...unwritten rule of international trade seems to be that "Any advantage you try to impose, we impose more of," such policies would probably fail to achieve any lasting improvement in the U.S. trade balance, would not create jobs, and would risk creating an international environment conducive to projectionist paranoia...