Sticky,
I dont mean to keep dragging this out but I cant help myself here. I realize that there are some problems with some of Ralph Schoenman's work, and I believe I commented on the fact that there is always a bios in reporting. All I am asking is that people read both sides of the story before they make conclusions. If Robert Friedman's book had been online and therefore free to everyone I would have stopped with his work. Since it is not and Schoenman's is then I included it as well. Now you are obviously a smart person, and I respect you for this, so I dont want to get into any sort of flame war here. I am just attempting to present a case for the other side of the story and people can draw whatever conclusion that they want. Showing both sides is what is called fairness in reporting.
As for the whole semite, anti-semite issue, I realize that in this country anti-semite is used in reference to people who dislike/hate jews. But I am a student of the world culture and in the middle east it is an oxymoron to tell a Arab that he is an anti-semite.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/87/S0258700.html
Semite
1. A member of a group of Semitic-speaking peoples of the Near East and northern Africa, including the
Arabs , Arameans, Babylonians, Carthaginians, Ethiopians, Hebrews, and Phoenicians. 2. A Jew. 3. Bible A descendant of Shem.
It there for stands to follow that an anti-semite includes all of the above ethnic groups. Although it may not mean this here, it does mean it over there, which was my original point.
Why am I making such a big deal about all of this? Well for one I do not like the way in which the media in this country is only portraying one side of the issue. For another my professor and mentor, who I will leave unnamed other than to say that he worked in the foreign embassies as part of the CIA in and around the middle east for 25 years, has instilled in me a desire to objectively view all the evidence before making any conclussion about a situation. Lastly, I will be leaving in a few weeks to spend the summer in the middle east, doing field research, learning the language, and of course doing some sight seeing. Cheers, Publius