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To: JohnM who wrote (46919)	9/26/2002 7:49:35 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) of 281500

The organization behind Campus Watch is Middle East Forum, and the brain behind Middle East Forum is Daniel Pipes. You know that Nadine and I approve of Pipes and admire his writing. Unlike the bloggers, he almost never hits a bad note. I guess this could be justified as an ad hominem argument, but you are the one who wants to consider the source. Pipes is a reliable source. He has spent his life studying the Middle East, and its interaction with the West. I see Campus Watch as an extension of that. Seeing how other academics deal with the Middle East is information. I don't see how it could be used for repression. Academics publish in peer-reviewed journals, they speak to large audiences, their ideas are not kept private. Pipes is getting those ideas a larger audience. Ideas have consequences. Maybe the professors are nervous about the consequences of their ideas? Because I think it would be disingenuous of me to deny that once the public at large learns that hating Israel and hating the US is being taught to their children, they may find this objectionable. danielpipes.org meforum.org campus-watch.org

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