National Post | 10Feb2010 | Orest Slepokura
"Scholarly Gold"
Barbara Kay:
In your piece on English libel
attorney Anthony Julius ("Scholarly gold," 10Feb2010 National Post) you
note "It is a commonplace that violence against Jews always begins with
words." You will find it to be equally true to say that
violence by Jews always begins with words - it's
not as if Jews have a special immunity to words, after all.
But far more concerning than
any words written or uttered should be perception and insight once
people stop believing what they are being told. Certainly, we are seeing
a precipitous decline in trust in all of our major institutions
following in lockstep with a corresponding rise in skepticism and
cynicism. Case in point: The recent arrest of the commanding officer of
the Trenton military air force base for rape and murder will, I dare
say, cause another downtick in our overall sense of trust (overheard:
"What can you believe
nowadays?").
That said, an observation by
Tony Karon regarding the future of Israel includes this important
insight: "The apartheid fear for Israeli leaders is not of the moral
turpitude of maintaining such a system -- which they already do -- it’s
a fear of this being recognised for what it is" (my
italics). http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100207/OPINION/702069887/1080
It's this very process of
recognition, when things are seen for what they are,
that poses the bigger danger by far for Zionism and the Jewish state
and, by extension, Jewish people.
Sincerely,
Orest Slepokura
Strathmore, Alta