Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site mhuxm.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!mhuxn!mhuxm!abeles From: abeles@mhuxm.UUCP (abeles) Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish Subject: In re Baba Message-ID: <301@mhuxm.UUCP> Date: Fri, 18-Jan-85 11:18:01 EST Article-I.D.: mhuxm.301 Posted: Fri Jan 18 11:18:01 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 19-Jan-85 01:18:31 EST References: <27@mit-athena.ARPA> <32@spar.UUCP> <234@talcott.UUCP> <39@spar.UUCP> Organization: Bell Communications Research, Murray Hill, NJ Lines: 37 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? Here is the latest one I've seen, ostensibly an attack on Martillo. Martillo has claimed that Arabs (such as the Palestinian Arabs) are intensely racist where Blacks are concerned. He is eager to see their racism exposed to the world press, which he believes will occur following the settlement of Black Ethiopians in Israeli territory. As I understand it, Martillo believes that the belligerent anti-Israel feelings of the Arab governments derives from a racist paranoia (which is at best not discouraged by Islam) towards all non-Arabs. I do not find his views to be completely without merit. But this is what "Baba" thinks as he sits at the keyboard: ----------------- I'm terribly sorry. I didn't know that Martillo was the embodiment of Israel. Had I known, I would have been even more disturbed by his advocacy last year of "cleansing" Lebanon of Islam. On a less sarcastic note, I really am sorry about this sequence dribbling over into net.religion.jewish, as it is not a good place to bait a racist who happens to be Jewish. In the future I shall try to harrass Joachim in net.politics only. Baba ----------------- 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