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January 15, 2007
Boycotting Amazon.com over Carter book review?
The hummus is flying among many Palestinian sympathizers over the apparent posting of a full hostile review at Amazon.com's entry for Jimmy Carter's book, Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid. The review being challenged (Jeffrey Goldberg in Washington Post) does indeed look to me a bit overlong to have included in the normally short and favorable Editorial Reviews section, but the Goldberg review does follow an initial favorable one. I have no strong opinions on this, but a good noisy controversy is at minimum, fun to watch. (The petition opposing the posting of the hostile review, and calling for a boycott is here. I do suggest skepticism about current signature numbers 72 and 73, or thereabouts.)
Posted by Matthew Hogan at January 15, 2007 12:20 PM
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Slightly surprised no one took up this book here yet. Has anyone read it?
Posted by: Klaus ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://matthew.aqoul.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at January 15, 2007 05:12 PM
I speak only for me, but I suspect that more than one of us pretty much know alot of the issues, have contemplated them through and through, and are annoyed/bored/etc. on the continued retrenchings.
An occasional controversy is good for the spectator sport aspect, however.
Posted by: matthew hogan at January 15, 2007 07:21 PM
Simply in the light of recent posts/comments on AIPAC. Is all.
Posted by: Klaus at January 16, 2007 04:04 AM
I speak only for me, but I suspect that more than one of us pretty much know alot of the issues, have contemplated them through and through, and are annoyed/bored/etc. on the continued retrenchings.
Yes. A good number of us would rather claw out our eyes with forks than write about I-P issues.
Suppose if the book was just lying there on the floor, I might pick it up and read it. Wouldn't that be a perfect way to trap me.
Posted by: eerie at January 18, 2007 05:04 AM
Bwahahaha. Just gave away my copy of FATEFUL TRIANGLE to a "friend".
Posted by: Tom Scudder at January 18, 2007 04:52 PM
