Fwd: Re: Goodbye Edward Said

Tzvi Gad inadvertently sent this to me when I believe
it was intended for WSN. - Khaldoun

--- Tzvi Gad <meieimatai@hotmail.com> wrote:
> From: "Tzvi Gad" <meieimatai@hotmail.com>
> To: ibnsubhi@yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: Goodbye Edward Said
> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 13:06:16 +0000
> 
> 
> I hope this "truly organic intellectual" does the
> ecology a lot of good by 
> decomposing ASAP
> 
> 
> "When economists reach agreement on the theory of
> capital they will shortly 
> reach agreement on everything else. Happily, for
> those who enjoy a diversity 
> of views and beliefs, there is very little danger of
> this outcome. Indeed, 
> there is at present not even agreement as to what
> the subject is about."
> 
> (Christopher J. Bliss, Capital Theory and the
> Distribution of Income, 1975: 
> p.vii)
> 
> "The will of man is not shattered, but softened,
> bent, and
> guided, men are seldom forced to act, but they are
> constantly restrained from acting. Such a power does
> not
> destroy, but it prevents existence; it does not
> tyrannize,
> but it compresses, enervates, extinguishes, and
> stupefies a
> people, till each nation is reduced to nothing
> better than
> a flock of timid and industrious animals, of which
> the
> government is the shepherd."
> 
> - Alexis de Tocqueville,
> Democracy in America
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: Khaldoun Samman <ibnsubhi@yahoo.com>
> >To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu
> >Subject: Goodbye Edward Said
> >Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2003 11:58:08 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >WSNers
> >
> >We have lost a truly organic intellectual.  Said
> was
> >one of those few academics who had the courage to
> put
> >himself in front of the firing line, not only once
> but
> >throughout his career.  To speak in support of the
> >Palestinians in the US is a dangerous enterprise,
> one
> >which is extremely stressful and dangereous to your
> >health, safety, and employment.  The fact that he
> >could do it over and over again is truly amazing. 
> My
> >respect and admiration for this man goes beyond
> words.
> >  Even though I never met you Edward Said, I want
> to
> >say that I love you and will miss you dearly.  Your
> >courage and spirit will live on for the next
> >generation of Arab scholars.  Thats a promise I for
> >one intend to keep.
> >
> >Khaldoun Samman
> >
> >
> >
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