Fresno RJCCC Debate on the U.N. with Drs. Bruce Thornton & Victor Davis Hanson

Stuart Weil

[Jim Robinson]

The Republican Jewish Coalition of Central California is pleased to sponsor the

6th GREAT OXFORD/FRESNO DEBATE

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005 7pm

Bullard High School Theater
5445 N. Palm Avenue
Fresno, CA

The motion before the House:

THE UNITED NATIONS HAS OUTLIVED ITS USEFULNESS

Distinguished panelists include:

PRO:
Victor Davis Hanson, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Hoover Institute
Bruce Thornton, Ph.D., Professor of Classics, CSU Fresno
Stuart Weil, Chairman, Republican Jewish Coalition of Central California

CON:
Jim Bartram, Speech Instructor, Fresno City College
Howard Hendrix, Ph.D., Lecturer, English Literature, CSU Fresno
Richard Stone, Administrative Director, Fresno Center for Nonviolence

ANALYST:
Kevin Ayotte, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Communication, CSU Fresno

MODERATOR:
Vincent Lavery, Board of Directors, Fresno Center for Nonviolence

Please bring your cheers, jeers, applause and catcalls (within the bounds of decency, please) to support the RJCCC for this important and timely debate on the United Nations.

FREE ADMISSION!

[Brandon_Hill]

Best to you as well ladyinred,
Let me specify, there is nothing wrong with defending ourselves, and by doing so I dont feel we are automatically committing acts of terror. In my opinion some of the tactics/results of the wars in iraq/afghanistan have a quality that is reminiscent of terrorism and could be classified as terrorism. I don't think that in defending ourselves we should become the evil we deplore.

[dancusa]

I am pretty sure that Victor Davis Hansen is a democrat. That doesn't prevent him from writing great conservative analysis. Everybody has a certain bias or agenda when it comes to writing history or about any subject. The only un-biased people I can think of are umpires and referees. Thats why they are little noticed (unless they blow a call). I never heard of a book written called "Great Moderates in History".

[rafiz101]

This is true, which is another reason why holding one school of thought or person as the authority on history is dangerous because it sets them up as the gatekeeper to knowledge and thought production that often serves purposes not intended for or simply misrepresents the truth. Genealogical tracings of history and power relations are much more effective in uncovering the events of history as well as the parties enaged, often secretively, in the event.

[roses of sharon]

Been there, done that, rafiz, LOL.

Most here have been reading the Chomskyite Manifesto for decades. (along with your other intellectuals/totalitarians)

Chomsky's/yours/Brandon's mammoth amounts of effort and prose that are dedicated to being as unclear as possible, are simply to hide the radical extremism he preaches.

Rantings about the US as a "republic of sin", aggrandizement of totalitarians, infantile slanders, ect, we have all heard before, in our leftwing colleges and public schools. There is no more to debate, we have already won. And you will see that in 20 years.

[rafiz101]

I'm sorry, I am not hiding behind confusing postmodern jargon to mask my points. I was pretty clear in my posts. Either you have simply too underdeveloped a political mind and vocabulary to even engage in a simple debate or you have no reading comprehension/attention skills.

I am laughing my ass off at how simply stupid each and everyone of your posts have been so far. You resist engaging in dialogue for education or entertainment, and instead create yourself as a jackass.

Maybe if you actually read my posts so far you would realize I am not alligned with either Marxism or Neoliberal governance and/or Chomsky. You lack the will or "wisdom" to investigate history and realize that minds like yours that reject every alternative voice, are swayed by the most simplistic and yet faulty logic, and in the end never make a point worth remembering is a damning final reason why you are the one who should step back for twenty years and then come back when your brain isn't as absorbent as a piece of granite.

[roses of sharon]

Again, we should talk when your all grown up.