Antonio, There has been a tendency in recent times to equate hate and terrorist organizations. This is particularly evident in research into terrorism and the Internet, terrorist use of the Net, cyberterrorism, or whatever you like to call it. It is unclear to me, however, why Brigitte Nacos, Harvey Kushner, and others persist in lumping these groups and their Web sites together, as a glance at the various sites reveals stark differences--in terms of appearance, functioning, effectiveness, etc.-- between sites maintained by hate groups and those maintained by terrorist organizations. This is particularly true if one confines one's analysis to English-language sites. Regards, Maura At 22:06 03/06/2004 +0100, you wrote:
I don't particularly wish to get involved in a discussion about the rights and wrongs of Israel, but to call Hizbollah a "hate organisation" in the same vein as the Neo-Nazis is rather disingenuous to say the least. After all, Hizbollah are a response to an invasion by Israel. Furthermore, this smacks of one-sidedness - have you never heard the views of Israeli "settlers" (colonists)? Perhaps you could take a look at Israeli hate organisations too, Gamla (http://www.gamla.org.il/english/index.htm) for example? I understand that perhaps you are unaware of the reality of the situation as the Western media has been so biased itself (see Greg Philo's research at the University of Glasgow - www.gla.ac.uk/departments/sociology/Israel.pdf for example), but if you really want to do something original, then try balance.
In terms of research already conducted, see Michael Whine's work (interesting but heavilty biased) in the book "Liberating Cyberspace". A very interesting attempt to research hate on the net is Ken McVay's Nizkor Project www.nizkor.org/
Antonio Roversi wrote:
will you take me some cookies ?
Hi list
I am joking of course. But who knows ? This post is to inform you that I have just started a new research I call "Hate on the Net". It's about a phenomenon which is quite widespread on the Internet. Have a look here:
just to name one. Or here:
I think that it is time to do a research like that (hoping not to be tracked down as terrorist or neonazi by the "Agencies"). Any suggestion - about books or essays - will be appreciated (for now). Cookies will be either (just in case....)
Regards
Antonio
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