Opinion
Lost In The Viscera
By Richard Harvell | May 28, 2002To the Editor: It seems like Michael Mello (May 22, "What if Dartmouth were in Tel Aviv") was a little too occupied fantasizing about blood and guts in Dartmouth Hall to pay attention to the excellent speech being delivered in front of him by Chris Hedges. Mr. Hedges did not say that "Israelis are racist" (he said that settlers building settlements in violation of the Oslo accords are racist -- a hard claim to disagree with). Mr. Hedges did not say that "Israel should not exist." Instead he claimed that Israel's and Jewish history should not be a blank check for violence and repression -- again, I doubt Mr. Mello would disagree. Lastly, Mr. Mello seemed to miss Mr. Hedges' most powerful point.