[IMC-UK-Features] BLOCK: feature proposal Greenstein/Atzmon

[euan2000 at onetel.com]

Hello everyone,

hope you all are well.

I have not been involved with this discussion, as I don't really have the
words/education/ego to write long long daily emails discussing exact 
details of
every word someone else says in another email, call me what you like for that,
but...

I would just like to state that I am glad this feature is not going up

I am very unhappy that this discussion has taken up so much time from imc
volunteers, and agree with a comment made recently I think by Guido regards to
whether we would even be having this discussion if it wasn't for a minority on
this list.

And I also seriously question anyones commitment to the imc project who try to
widen the debate by discussing outside of these lists and bringing in the
public to this debate.

IMO I view this whole saga as an attack on the imc and feel that we should be
strong & support each other in repelling this attack, often personal (i know i
now get regular emails off-list as do others) and to get people to re-focus on
the important daily work of running indymedia uk.

Peace be with you all, remember its just a ride, and some people come back to
tell us that, and we shoot them, hahahaha (brother hicks).

u.n.


Quoting Anarcho Babe <anarchobabe at fempages.org>:

> Well, probably unnecessary as there is so much controversy about it
> anyways, but I'm not happy with the following:
>
> a) too many links to lists
> Lists are for working not for publicising controversies. They become
> unworkable if they are used as a publication tool. Imc volunteers who post
> there should be able to rely on the collective to regard these as such.
> Putting emails of individuals opinions who try to come to a working
> practise solution into a feature is, in my opinion, absolutely disgraceful
> and mean behaviour!
>
> b) non-news
> not of public interest really, and bad for the collective to extend its
> controversies about editorial policies onto a feature- It seems like an
> open invitation for "trolls of the world unite"
>
> c) to show the undemocratic nature of blocks
> as a educational tool for Shiar and ftp...
>
> d) bad publicity for Palestininian solidarity
> actually, I am quite stunned that people don't sem to realise that
> alliances with crazy nutters and consipracy theorists of all persuations,
> (amongst them Atzmon AND Greenstein)  does harm not only imc uk but also
> the Palestinian cause and solidarity too!
> Not every critic of Israel is worth allying with. And having a common
> enemy does not mean the person is a  political friend.
> If Atzmon is hailed as a Palestinian friend, then O my god, the poor
> Palestinian people must be frightened that their support is actually
> running away from and giving up on them.
>
>
>
>
> bye for now
> Ulla
>
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