tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post1286769049265238026..comments2024-03-12T08:04:47.314-07:00Comments on Naming His Grace: It has already begun: control of the Middle East Committee (Update) (New Update)Viola Larsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-37067996276184151742014-06-18T18:06:52.712-07:002014-06-18T18:06:52.712-07:00Doug - more to the point, this post is about a cor...Doug - more to the point, this post is about a corrupt process at the General Assembly. This is a shameful practice that Presbyterians - Even if they do believe Israel to be an apartheid state, and even if they do want to divest - should reject if they wish for a moral stance. <br /><br />But I also rather strongly question the degree to which PC(USA) investments with then be somehow 'ethical' - how were they vetted? I'd wager (and give very strong odds) that you profit from things you would think repellant every day. And then there is the issue of just how exactly divestment affects funding of the occupation. It doesn't in any way, shape, or form. It is theater to make Presbyterians (who agree with the issue) feel better about themselves. Nothing more, nothing less.<br />will spottshttp://wspotts.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-36293017210535205102014-06-18T15:55:41.636-07:002014-06-18T15:55:41.636-07:00Doug: Your use of the term "apartheid" t...Doug: Your use of the term "apartheid" to describe the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may be emotionally satisfying, but bears as much relationship to the facts as would calling Iran a functioning democracy because it happens to have elections. <br /><br />As for the investment question, I'm sure the companies in question could not care less whether PCUSA earns anything from them or not. (At this point, they probably wish it would, so they wouldn't have to listen to its self-righteous moralizing any more.) Selling investments in those companies doesn't make the stock disappear–it simply goes into other hands. But I'm sure it will make the blame-Israel-for-all-the-world's-ills crowd happy.<br /><br />David Fischler<br />Woodbridge, VAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-22825679088894586002014-06-18T07:23:12.451-07:002014-06-18T07:23:12.451-07:00Doug I do not consider Israel an apartheid state s...Doug I do not consider Israel an apartheid state so it wouldn't help to answer the question. Israel does have problems as we have throughout our existence. We keep working on our problems so does Israel. In South Africa different ethnic groups didn't shop together, eat together, etc. one of the founders of the BDS movement goes to Tel Aviv university. There just isn't a real comparison.Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-45790871311158121332014-06-18T06:20:25.229-07:002014-06-18T06:20:25.229-07:00What is sensible and fair about benefiting financi...What is sensible and fair about benefiting financially from the apartheid in Israel-Palestine? Why is it that we are Anti-Semitic if we dare not earn investment dividends from the situation there?Douglas Underhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02215736448645573566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-74296655696677616662014-06-17T05:16:25.048-07:002014-06-17T05:16:25.048-07:00I want to give them the benefit of the doubt--ther...I want to give them the benefit of the doubt--there was a huge amount of sign ups, and although I signed up early and it was easy there could have been some mistakes with so many. We will never know, it is for certain that JVP filled many of the slots at open hearings.Viola Larsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09146967423654966140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7560220615271337359.post-27804748579700877152014-06-16T14:20:09.695-07:002014-06-16T14:20:09.695-07:00Clerical misunderstanding?
How plausible ... or n...Clerical misunderstanding?<br /><br />How plausible ... or not<br />will spottshttp://wspotts.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com