An Open Letter to Ward Churchill: My Brother, the 'Eichmann'

Peaceful Tomorrows ^ | February 16th, 2005 | Michael Faughnan, Common Dreams News Center

[vivabushchick]

My brother Chris was a 1985 graduate of the University of Colorado, the father of three young children and a compassionate, respectful and generous man. He stood in defense of our environment, volunteered his time and money in support of human rights, and gave unselfishly to help disadvantaged, vulnerable members of our society. He spoke openly against unjust government policies, and followed a private ethic of compassion. Chris was also a U.S. government Treasury bond broker for Cantor Fitzgerald, and therefore by your definition was a "little Eichmann."

At 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, you claim that my beautiful brother Chris, a "technocrat" in your words, received his "befitting penalty." While Chris rarely used a cell phone in his work (much less self-importantly brayed into one), he did make one call that fateful day. At about 8:30 that morning, Chris bantered back and forth with his 4-year-old daughter to get her to say that she loved him — she was the last of his family to talk with him.

Mr. Churchill, what I want you to see is the human face behind the rhetoric. Human beings are not symbols, and your essay's dehumanization of the victims of 9/11 reduces them to mere symbols — drones in a capitalist machine. In this way, you are guilty of what you claim to condemn, that is the dehumanization of individuals. It is the inability to see the human face of "the other" that allows the horrible violence in this world to continue.

From what I understand after reading your essay, you wish to give the American people a view of the suffering of the Iraqi and the Palestinian peoples, and provide insight into why the attacks of 9/11 may have occurred.

[vivabushchick]

Churchhill continues to be taken to the woodshed; by his peers no less.

[1FASTGLOCK45]

vivabushchick wrote:
Churchhill continues to be taken to the woodshed; by his peers no less.

--> I'm not familiar with this term "taken to the woodshed" in the context you used it. Could you give me an anology? Thanks :)

[msnimje]

Behind the painful rhetoric you use, I sense a nobler goal, the desire to tell the American people that we must be aware of ourselves in the world, take responsibility and work to understand and change the wrongs that have been committed. If this is your greater message, my brother Chris would have agreed with you whole-heartedly.

Churchill is too stupid to make this point and "noble goals" are not his motivation. He is a small minded ignorant nothing. His life is about ripping off other people's art, writing ,research, ideas, etc and then call others "dishonorable." I repeat, he is nothing

[nopardons]

bttt

[msnimje]

I'm not familiar with this term "taken to the woodshed"

You must have been a very good child and or did not live near a woodshed. :)
It refers to being taken to the woodshed by your Daddy for spanking, usually with a switch.

[1FASTGLOCK45]

msnimje wrote:
I'm not familiar with this term "taken to the woodshed"
You must have been a very good child and or did not live near a woodshed. :)
It refers to being taken to the woodshed by your Daddy for spanking, usually with a switch.

--> LOL, No i was beat, no need for the woodshed. But i came out ok :)

[iopscusa]

What a weenie response, a Peacenik mildly attacks a Fraud calling his murdered Brother a Nazi while defending Islamo-Nazis. Can these Leftist forever be this numb & dumb? Common Dreams, yeah sure, they have nothing to offer except Common Nightmares? These people need to get a life.

[jocon307]

"If you cannot make your point [in a better] way, it is you who is "braying," playing the role of provocateur and not speaking from any coherent moral conviction."

But of course that is exactly what Churchill IS doing, and this lefty's sincere pleadings will fall on deaf ears. Plus Churchill is demented and delusional and would be better off in a mad house than a college campus.

[Maigrey]

Taken to the Woodshed means (in Southern idioism) going out back with your dad, and being administered discipline (in the form of a switch, or in some cases, a belt.)

[wingman1]

"... your grossly inappropriate characterization of Chris and the other 9/11 victims has been surpassed in vulgarity only by the misinformed advocates of aggression who used those beautiful innocents who perished on 9/11 as propaganda for immediate and misguided violence and destruction."

From what I can gather, the writer is saying that supporters of the war in Afghanistan - which is direct retribution against those responsible for his brother's death - and supporters of the general War on Terror are more vulgar and misguided than Churchill.

Thankfully we do not rely on these types (Churchill and the author), whom I categorize as one and the same, for our protection and security.

"You are either with us or or with the terrorists". Quite simple.

[Wilhelm Tell]

It is pathetic how liberals will try to "reason" with a lunatic. The author just doesn't get it that Churchill is glad the author's brother was killed and he wants thousands of others to die in future terrorist attacks. The author can't imagine that if Churchill reads his article, Churchill will dismiss it with a laugh and probably relish the fact that small children lost parents on 9/11. Rather than trying to reason with an evil man, a better effort would be to see to it that Ward Churchill is no longer an employee of the State of Colorado. Taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize Ward Churchill's hate propaganda.

[libstripper]

Anyone whose brother is so horribly murdered who, like the author of this piece, goes on to make excuses for the murderers, instead of doing everything possible to see them and theirs exterminated, is beneath contempt. The author of this piece is attackeing those of us, President Bush, and our brave military, who are doing our best to see another 9/11 never happens.

[Guillermo]

Even the DUmmies are turning against him...

[jigsaw]

Churchill is simply another leftist who uses bluster and outrage because of his inability to use facts and logic.

It works because there are others who will support him because they can't use facts and logic themselves.

It is immaturity on parade.

[ken21]

i think churchill is a psychopath or sociopath same thing.

and empathy for others is beyond him.

[cynicom]

Author and Churchill could be Indian blood brothers.

[Pete'sWife]

Exactly.

This is how liberals wish to deal with terrorists.

Like the clergyman who went to greet the aliens in "War of the Worlds."

Well meaning, but hopelessly naive.

[rudy45]

Other terms include "called on(to) the carpet," "bawled out," "chewed out"

[daybreakcoming]

Churchill's picture should be next to the word sociopath.

"Sociopathic individuals are extremely self-confidant, intelligent, charismatic and persuasive of others as well as themselves. They inspire those around them and create a dysfunctional culture, - often dizzy and disoriented by its success. Success is proof of the accuracy of any claim they make. Words and sometimes bizarre ideas become a substitute for reality. They surround themselves by supporters who worship them and believe they can do no wrong. These loyalties persist even when their world collapses around them. The community admires them. The system of justice seldom pursues them."
Excerpted from http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/bmartin/dissent/documents/health/sociopathy.html

[GW and Twins Pawpaw]

You are right on track, buddy, with your assessment of 'His Professorship'. CU should be proud to have him on their faculty shining as a beacon throughout the world for academic freedom. Yeah, right!! He is an embarrassment to a competent person.