(NAME-MCE) JewWatch

Thu Oct 4 16:29:31 EDT 2007

I agree with Bill about the notion of MCE. In the same way that nooses are 
not acceptable in public spaces, nor any manifestation of discrimination and 
hatred, I don't see why  anti-Semitic sites are OK in the Google cyberspace. 
Also, it seems awkward to me that when you search information about a group 
(in this case Jews) what you get is information about denying and destroying 
that group... Search engines (like Google) have responsibility about the 
information they deliver in terms of content and order of appearance.
Thanks,
Irene

Dr. Bruna Irene Grimberg
Science and Math Resource Center
401 Linfield Hall
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Howe" <bill at billhowe.org>
To: "NAME-MCE - National Association for Multicultural Education 
EmailDiscussion Group" <name-mce at nameorg.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: (NAME-MCE) JewWatch

>
>
> 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
>> http://www.billhowe.org
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