tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post3102567555764986052..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Aesthetic Trumps MoralYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-73442102297497890752009-03-30T19:41:00.000+03:002009-03-30T19:41:00.000+03:00Roth's position is actually more interesting, and ...Roth's position is actually more interesting, and probably more defendable than a notion that aethetics trumps morality.<BR/><BR/>The transcript reveals that the theater program is Jewish, and that the audience is probably mostly Jewish. Roth wants his mostly Jewish audience to wrestle with what anti-semites say about them.<BR/><BR/>This is typical behavior attributed by the book "Oslo Syndrome" to the psychological defenses of a community under siege.rashkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11957522977917798197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-47940099929063951252009-03-26T23:10:00.000+02:002009-03-26T23:10:00.000+02:00I have read the complete play. The play is a propa...I have read the complete play. <BR/><BR/>The play is a propaganda piece, plain and simple. It claims that Israel as a crime against Palestinians rather than making any attempt at all to illuminate what is in fact a complex and multi-sided (not 2-sided) story, where everyone has done bad things and everyone has some grievances.<BR/><BR/>The play attempts to paint a picture of Israelis as hiding from themselves, of Israelis as hating Palestinians, and even of Israelis today as ranting psychopaths. It completely ignores the multicultural reality of Israel, the very understandable nature of Israelis, the very human reasons for Israeli decisions regarding security, and so on, and instead creates something completely fictitious that it passes off as Israeli dialog. It relies on the ignorance of listeners. <BR/><BR/>Propagandists can read and listen; in fact they may do this very well. This does not change the fact that a propaganda piece is a propaganda piece.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-64668875280099031152009-03-26T11:11:00.000+02:002009-03-26T11:11:00.000+02:00But then Roth should be coherent: since aesthetica...But then Roth should be coherent: since aesthetically beautiful arguments override any moral consideration, he loses his right to feel offended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com