| Source: http://www.berkeleyboycott.com |
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| Days after Arab terrorists launched
their murderous attacks against the United States, slaughtering thousands of
innocent Americans, the City of Berkeley, California responded by adopting a
series of resolutions that condemned the United States, supported the agenda of
the terrorists and called for the United States to appease Arab terrorists
everywhere. |
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| When word spread about these
resolutions and Americans across the nation voiced their outrage at Berkeley,
the Berkeley City Council claimed that the resolutions were misunderstood. At
that point, the movement to boycott Berkeley began and the City was
(justifiably) terrified of the consequences. But rather than rescind the
resolutions, as the City's rules provide, the Berkeley City Council spit in the
face of America by taking a series of actions that were clearly intended to
show America that Berkeley stood by Arab terrorists and other extremists who
aim to kill Americans and destroy the United States. Specifically, since the
Arab terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Berkeley has done the
following: |
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- Instituted a referral program, using taxpayer funds
and City property, to support a radical anti-American "objector" organization.
This organization's goals are to advocate revolution inside the United States
and promote anti-military activities;
- Banned American flags from fire trucks to ensure
that the left wing constituency of Berkeley would not be offended;
- Petitioned the United States government (both
directly and through the treasonous Representative for Berkeley, the vile
Barbara Lee) to protest actions taken to defend against and prevent further
terrorist attacks, showing more concern for Arab terrorists than American
citizens;
- Supported a number of pro-Palestinian terrorist
groups (both on the UC Berkeley campus and in Berkeley) that provided the
necessary encouragement for these groups to physically and verbally attack
local Jews and Jewish institutions. In the wake of the attacks, Berkeley has
REFUSED to investigate the attacks or do anything to punish the thugs; in fact,
the Berkeley City Council has proposed resolutions that would SUPPORT the
attacks on Jews!; and
- Worked with Palestinian Arab terrorist cells
located at the UC Berkeley campus to attack Israel through propaganda and
misinformation dissemination and a boycott of America's only ally against
terror, Israel.
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| It is no coincidence that many of
the treasonous steps taken by Berkeley have a connection to Arab terror. Though
Berkeley claims to be progressive, it has aligned itself with some of the most
repressive, fundamentalist hate-mongers on the planet. Berkeley, and the UC
Berkeley campus in particular, provides more support for Palestinian Arab
terror than any other area of the United States. |
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| While it may seem to be incongruous
for "peace loving" Berkeley to be in bed with Arab terror groups, the pairing
makes perfect sense if one ignores self-imposed labels. Berkeley, the home of
left wing politics, despises everything that is America. The left wing is a
cesspool of hate (so long as the hate is directed at America and "non-oppressed
minorities") and anti-American activities. Arab terrorists seek the destruction
all cultures that are not Islamic and still hope to obtain revenge for the
Crusades (as ridiculous as it may sound, it is a fact). Even from this cursory
explanation, Berkeley's rationale in supporting Arab terror becomes
horrifically clear. |
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| Of course, the Palestinian
terrorists and their shills in Berkeley would never admit that their agenda
includes the destruction of America. Some of them made perfunctory statements
of condemnation regarding the 9/11 Arab terror attacks on the United States,
but inevitably those condemnations were thinly veiled messages of support for
the Islamic terror movement. Saying "we mourn the dead in NY and D.C. but we
must understand what causes people to take these actions" is nothing more than
justification of terrorism. The media insisted that Arabs and Muslims were not
our enemies and we shouldn't blame an entire people for the actions of a few.
The problem with this logic is that Arab terror attacks did not begin with the
9/11/01 attacks on New York and Washington D.C.; Arab terrorists have been
slaughtering people around the world for decades. Only when the Arab terrorists
attacked America with devastating effect did the Arab communities in the U.S.
back off of their unmitigated support of terrorism, and then only for a few
days. For decades before 9/11/01, however, Arab (especially Palestinian)
terrorists had been using the same tactics to slaughter Jews around the world.
The Arab community in the U.S. and their Berkeley co-conspirators not only
didn't denounce terrorism then, they supported it and justified it as
legitimate. And now, they are justifying terrorism more than ever before. Thus,
even those Arabs who don't actually engage in terror are culpable for the
9/11/01 terror attacks as a result. |
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| ----- end of original announcement ------ |
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| ----- Boycott Watch research: ------ |
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Boycott Watch has begun a preliminary
investigation into this matter, and so far has found the
following:
Berkeley, CA website: http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us
Berkely
CA passed resolutions in City Council by a narrow margin giving support to the
US. One resultion, however, brings up questions. The resolution
states:
"Urge our representatives to devote our
government’s best efforts in collaboration with governments throughout the
world, to addressing and overcoming those conditions such as poverty,
malnutrition, disease, oppression, and subjugation that tend to drive some
people to acts of terrorism (Passed 5 of 9 with Maio, Breland, Shirek, Spring,
and Worthington voting Yes and Dean, Armstrong, Hawley, Olds abstaining)"
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/news/2001/10oct01/102301resolution.html |
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| The statement that is questionable
is: "...poverty, malnutrition, disease, oppression, and subjugation that tend
to drive some people to acts of terrorism." This tends to, in light of other
Berkeley City Council resolutions that blame the US for "poverty, malnutrition,
disease, oppression, and subjugation", therefore blame the US as the cause of
terrorism. While this may be a fine point, it is important. |
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| Additionally, the cause of terrorism
is not poor conditions. If that statement were true, then society as we know it
would never have existed. Not having the best car or way of life is not a
reason to murder those who have a nicer car than you do. |
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| On September 11, 2001, we learned
first hand that terrorists are not driven because they are poor, as suggested
by Berkeley City Council. The hijackers all lived well. They murdered Americans
going about their daily business because the hijackers religious ideology drove
them to murder the innocent. |
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| There is never and has never been an
excuse for Indiscriminant murder. Terrorism is defined as violence by
combatants against non-combatants for the express purpose of invoking fear and
to enact political change. |
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| Berkeley City Council imposed an
ideal and equated oppression as a drive to murder, and then barely stopped
short of validating murder as a valid political tool. Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. taught the world that political struggle for equality should be and must be
peaceful. Berkeley City Councils equivocation is an affront to The Dream and
society as a whole. |
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| Berkeley City Council represents the
community it serves and is responsible for the local business climate, among
other responsibilities. Boycott Watch finds the underlying reasoning for the
boycott call to be valid. |
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| ----- End of Boycott Watch research: ------ |
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