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From: gadfly@ihu1m.UUCP (Gadfly)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: In re Baba
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Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 18:31:08 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 18 18:31:08 1985
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>> Someone who calls himself "Baba" has been writing anti-Israel
>> articles to net.religion.jewish. Have you wondered what "Baba"
>> stands for? Is this a first name or a last name? Is it an
>> acronoym (Big Antisemitic BAby)? Or is it simply an attempt to
>> hide the writer's identity from those who know him?

Stop this.  If Martillo can write vicious anti-Ashkenazi articles, 
why can't "Baba" criticize Israel?  Or do you believe that Israel
can do no wrong?  The moniker "Baba ROM DOS", incidentally, is a
most clever pun on the pseudonym of writer (and colleague of Timothy
Leary back in the 60's) Richard Alpert, "Baba Ram Das." 

>> May "Baba"'s antagonistic opinions be as effective as his
>> spelling! I get the idea that he intends to "harass" Martillo,
>> since there is no entry in my dictionary under "harrass." But
>> seriously, folks, "Baba" and I have already exchanged notes via
>> private mail, and he has made no attempt to deny my
>> characterization of him as an "antisemite." Just thought you'd
>> like to know!

>> A good Shabbos to all! --J. Abeles

Baba was just countering some of Martillo's more obnoxious bigotry.  
G-d knows, I've tried, and I'm glad to see someone else give it a
shot.  Or do you think it's productive to call someone "leftist
vus-vus scum"?  I mean, I've tried to get my grandparents to have come
from a more politically and religiously correct area like Libya,
but they insist on having been Lithuanian, and now they're dead, so
they can't even do anything about it.  So Baba, and I, and anyone
else who missed the singular honor to be Sephardi should write,
"Oh Martillo, this leftist vus-vus scum weeps at your feet!  I'm so
ashamed!"?  (I, for one, promise to be Sephardi the very next time I
get the chance.)

Why trash Baba's spelling?  Can't find anything else wrong with what
he says?  Call me an anti-semite too, Mr. Abeles.  I too would not deign
to reply to an assertion so ludicrous.
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