From: chrism@cirrus.com (Chris Metcalfe)
Subject: Why we put Wayne's Name in the Subject Heading
Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc.
Distribution: talk
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 22:59:18 GMT

In article <199231.1777.21855@channel1> "wayne mcguire" <wayne.mcguire@channel1.com> writes:

>Why do you choose to put my name in the subject headings, btw?
>I've noticed that many emotional supporters of Israel adopt this
>rhetorical tactic. I've never seen any other other group of
>people on any other issue do it.
>
>Any student of rhetoric will wonder precisely what this style of
>communication has to say about the people using it. Are you
>trying to get in my face? Be intimidating? Be menacing? I can't
>imagine a tactic better designed to reflect badly and backfire on
>the sender.
>
>Channel 1 (R)   Cambridge, MA

We put your name in the header so that the readers of t.p.m. can
branch accordingly:

	Need a good laugh?

		Yes: read about Wayne

		Not today: skip this posting

Since you bring up rhetoric... why do you use the phrase "emotional
supporters of Israel" as a propaganda formula?  See the attached
quote for this usage and others such as "every foul word that 
comes from the mouth of people like yourself" and "You and your 
comrades".

My Goodness (posturing in Wayne's voice here) I haven't heard such 
propagandistic jingoism since the bad-old-days of Mao and Stalin!  
Are you following some sort of prepared documentation kit for 
trashing Israel?  "Spotlight" perhaps?

And please answer this one:  what *is* "Channel 1" anyway?  I've
noticed that many of you libertarian anti-Israelists try to fulfill 
their fantasies of public access (Rush Limbraugh wannabees) by creating 
an "organization" to lend themselves credibility.  Amature Radio Forum,
Middle East Questions, etc.

The day you dry up and go away Wayne, is the day you stop embarrassing 
yourself.

-- Chris Metcalfe

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Why Wayne has zero credibility:

>Every time that an emotional supporter of Israel raises his or
>her voice against an American citizen in this fashion, they are
>hastening the day when the U.S. will wash its hands of Israel
>altogether. With every foul word that comes from the mouth of
>people like yourself, the will to disentangle the U.S. from
>Israeli affairs is being steeled. You and your comrades may be
>deriving an immediate emotional gratification from your verbal
>violence, but when the bill comes due for your lapse in
>judgement--and I guarantee you that day is not far off--you may
>be in for a rude shock.

Let's put Wayne properly in perspective in his Brown Shirt
on a box in the beer-garden:

Every time that an emotional supporter of Israel raises his or
her voice against a German citizen in this fashion, they are
hastening the day when Germany will wash its hands of Israel
altogether. With every foul word that comes from the mouth of
people like yourself, the will to disentangle Germany from
Israeli affairs is being steeled. You and your comrades may be
deriving an immediate emotional gratification from your verbal
violence, but when the bill comes due for your lapse in
judgement--and I guarantee you that day is not far off--you may
be in for a rude shock.

Your *will* is *steeled* for the *shock* indeed.