Comments on: Ed Morgan: The “One-State” Crowd Up Close http://blog.z-word.com/2008/11/ed-morgan-the-one-state-crowd-up-close/ Commentary about Zionism, anti-Zionism, antisemitism and the conflict in the Middle East Mon, 21 May 2012 14:06:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5-RC1.1 By: shriber http://blog.z-word.com/2008/11/ed-morgan-the-one-state-crowd-up-close/#comment-2035 shriber Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:55:03 +0000 http://blog.z-word.com/?p=508#comment-2035 “The core group that thought up the conference are perfectly good scholars at Osgoode Hall and Queen’s University who hold a genuine interest in debating alternative forms of democracy in the Israeli and Palestinian context.” I would like to ask Professor Ed Morgan or anyone else if they know about the legality of such conferences. Is it legal to hold conferences contemplating the abolition of a Nation State not only internationally recognized but founded with the approval of the United Nation? What by the way are “alternate forms of democracy?” Does this notion apply only to the Arab Israeli conflict or is it some universal principle that could be applied to other social and political conflicts (both intra-national and international)? Supposed I sponsored a conference that would deal with the integration of Canada into the US or the abolition of Quebecois sovereignty would the conference sponsors feel comfortable with that? I am convinced that they wouldn’t countenance a conference that argued about the merits of the abolition of civil rights for minorities or women. It’s been argued that the rights of individuals or States ones granted ought not be taken away for fear that they would set a precedent that will be used in the disenfranchisement of other minority groups or States. I am not sure if there is a legal recourse for people who oppose such conferences but it is certainly worth bringing these issues up. This isn’t a question of free speech but one of safeguarding the legitimacy of hard earned rights. In any case, if Professor Ed Morgan is reading this blog I would kindly ask his opinion on the matter. “The core group that thought up the conference are perfectly good scholars at Osgoode Hall and Queen’s University who hold a genuine interest in debating alternative forms of democracy in the Israeli and Palestinian context.”

I would like to ask Professor Ed Morgan or anyone else if they know about the legality of such conferences. Is it legal to hold conferences contemplating the abolition of a Nation State not only internationally recognized but founded with the approval of the United Nation?

What by the way are “alternate forms of democracy?” Does this notion apply only to the Arab Israeli conflict or is it some universal principle that could be applied to other social and political conflicts (both intra-national and international)?

Supposed I sponsored a conference that would deal with the integration of Canada into the US or the abolition of Quebecois sovereignty would the conference sponsors feel comfortable with that?

I am convinced that they wouldn’t countenance a conference that argued about the merits of the abolition of civil rights for minorities or women.

It’s been argued that the rights of individuals or States ones granted ought not be taken away for fear that they would set a precedent that will be used in the disenfranchisement of other minority groups or States.

I am not sure if there is a legal recourse for people who oppose such conferences but it is certainly worth bringing these issues up. This isn’t a question of free speech but one of safeguarding the legitimacy of hard earned rights.

In any case, if Professor Ed Morgan is reading this blog I would kindly ask his opinion on the matter.

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