Comments on: Dershowitz doubles down http://www.yourish.com/2009/07/10/8136 Cutting straight to the point Mon, 13 Feb 2012 02:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Gerry http://www.yourish.com/2009/07/10/8136/comment-page-1#comment-36862 Gerry Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:55:13 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=8136#comment-36862 We should save all of Dershowitz's columns for the next year or so, and, when he finally realizes that he and the 80% of American Jews who voted for Obama have been led by the nose, reprint them daily in bold print. We should save all of Dershowitz’s columns for the next year or so, and, when he finally realizes that he and the 80% of American Jews who voted for Obama have been led by the nose, reprint them daily in bold print.

]]> By: Alex Bensky http://www.yourish.com/2009/07/10/8136/comment-page-1#comment-36861 Alex Bensky Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:45:41 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=8136#comment-36861 Dershowitz isn't likely in the immediate future to take up your recommendation because he's still more interested in being a Democrat. I think of it as the Bill Laimbeer approach to politics. Bill Laimbeer, as some of you may recall, was the center on the Detroit Pistons' "Bad Boys" championship teams of a couple of decades ago. Fans in other cities thought he was a thug but I recognized him as just as exemplar of good, hard basketball--because I'm a Pistons fan. If I had been, say, a Sonics fran I would have considered him a brute. I hardly blame such people; I used to be like that myself although I don't think I ever thought that Republicans were downright evil as many liberals seem compelled to view anyone who disagrees with them. I thought Kerry's comment was interesting, though. Israel can prove its commitment to peace by freezing settlements, he says. OK. I notice he didn't say anything much about the Palestinians showing a commitment to peace, which is just as well because I'm sure as usual Israel shows its commitments by deeds, its enemies by words. But there is something to the Kerry remark. In fact, I believe Israel should go even farther and demonstrate its desire for peace by a total withdrawal from part of the territories it administeres. Such a total, unconditional withdrawal would allow the Palestinians to show what they can do when they are freed of Israeli shackles. Oh, wait... Dershowitz isn’t likely in the immediate future to take up your recommendation because he’s still more interested in being a Democrat. I think of it as the Bill Laimbeer approach to politics.

Bill Laimbeer, as some of you may recall, was the center on the Detroit Pistons’ “Bad Boys” championship teams of a couple of decades ago. Fans in other cities thought he was a thug but I recognized him as just as exemplar of good, hard basketball–because I’m a Pistons fan. If I had been, say, a Sonics fran I would have considered him a brute.

I hardly blame such people; I used to be like that myself although I don’t think I ever thought that Republicans were downright evil as many liberals seem compelled to view anyone who disagrees with them.

I thought Kerry’s comment was interesting, though. Israel can prove its commitment to peace by freezing settlements, he says. OK. I notice he didn’t say anything much about the Palestinians showing a commitment to peace, which is just as well because I’m sure as usual Israel shows its commitments by deeds, its enemies by words.

But there is something to the Kerry remark. In fact, I believe Israel should go even farther and demonstrate its desire for peace by a total withdrawal from part of the territories it administeres. Such a total, unconditional withdrawal would allow the Palestinians to show what they can do when they are freed of Israeli shackles.

Oh, wait…

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