(NAME-MCE) JewWatch

[Bill Howe]

Jeff - interesting viewpoint. Thanks for raising it. Two comments:

1) Regarding your statement - "Last time I checked, multiculturalism
and pluralism includes everyone, not just the ones that are
popular...." --------- I do not agree with that, unless I am not
understanding what you are saying. Does this not imply that MCE is so
loose it accepts all opinions, beliefs and values. MCE is not about
accepting eveyone's beliefs and opinions. We do have standards.
Anti-semitism is not acceptable to me as a multicultural educator. Nor
is homophobia, racism, sexism etc. I believe people have a right to
their beliefs. That does not mean I have to accept them, nor does it
mean I must remain silent and not voice my objections.

2) If I walk into a school and see the N word or a swastika painted on
a wall, someone had damn better run over with a can of spray paint and
cover it up right away. People can open up adult book stores and adult
entertainment places if they want, but not in my neigborhood and not
near a school.

These are my thoughts. Would like to hear others. Thanks Jeff for raising this.



On 10/4/07, Sandra Winn <winnsandra at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> In response to Bill Howe's posting, I ask if it's better to drive it
> underground and secret? Absolutely not. This should be exactly where it is,
> available where all reasonable people are able to see the absurdity of that
> point of view.
>
> Removing it only silences discussion and changes no one's opinion. It is the
> enemy of honor.
>
> Last time I checked, multiculturalism and pluralism includes everyone, not
> just the ones that are popular.... and for someone that has lost family
> members to the holocaust, I think I'm entitled to that.
>
> Also as someone in the web marketing business, I certainly do not want
> search engines empowered to judge the applicability and intrinsic value of
> web content by taking an active role in judging thematically what should be
> available. That is the slipperiest of slopes.
>
> Jeff Marden
>
>
> At 11:08 AM 10/2/2007, you wrote:
>
>
>
> Subject: help remove JewWatch from Google
> When you Google the word &quot;Jew&quot;, one of the first websites that
> pops up
> is  http://www.jewwatch.com/    -- an anti-semitic, hate-filled
> harangue masquerating as &quot;scholarly, factual, informational&quot;.
> Add your name to the petition to remove www.jewwatch.com from Google's
> search engine. (Check out the site and you will understand why.)
> In order for Google to remove this, they would need a petition of over
> 500,000 requests.... so let's make it 1,000,000!
> P.S.  Current total signatures approx. 287,000
>
> Go to: http://www.petitiononline.com/rjw23/petition.html  to sign the
> petition.
> VERY IMPORTANT !!    Please pass this one on!
>
> --
> Bill Howe
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