re who should be spied on in article c vzdv mxw cs cmu edu anwar cs cmu edu anwar mohammed writes in article c sdck n news cso uiuc edu eshneken ux cso uiuc edu edward a shnekendorf writes anwar cs cmu edu anwar mohammed writes in article bimacs bitnet ehrlich bimacs bitnet gideon ehrlich writes the readers of this forum seemed to be more interested in the contents of those files so it will be nice if yigal will tell us why do american authorities consider yigal arens to be dangerous adl authorities seem to view a lot of people as dangerous including the millions of americans of arab ancestry perhaps you can answer the question as to why the adl maintained files and spied on adc members in california and elsewhere friendly rivalry perhaps come on most if not all arabs are sympathetic to the palestinian war against israel that is why the adl monitors arab organizations that is the same reason the us monitored communist organizations and soviet nationals only a few years ago the adc is an organization of arab americans let me see you re saying that most if not all arab americans should be spied on you re also saying that most if not all arab americans should be views as a national security threat to israel and the us as you gratuitously imply in your reference to the wtc bombing in which no arab americans were involved by inference can we assume that you think that anyone of arab lineage anywhere in the world poses a threat to israel and therefore should be spied on like it or not edward anwar has a very good valid point obviously in presenting it he quite legitimately and deliberately takes a point of view to an extreme which might not have been what you intended but that is one of the best ways to demonstrate a slippery slope type of argument which i believe was his aim i very frankly believe that the adl will be proved innocent in this case i doubt there s enough evidence to weigh against them even in a civil court where preponderance of the evidence not evidence beyond any reasonable doubt is the standard for winning such a case that however does not prevent me from seeing the merit in anwar s point rest deleted how sad to see a model of decorum and tranquillity become like any other sport a battleground for rival ideologies to slug it out with glee tim rice chess eric s perlman perlman qso colorado edu center for astrophysics and space astronomy university of colorado boulder
