Bill Pearlman. Concerning your riposte regarding Finkelstein, I believe that was a conditioned reflex on your part, belonging to a time when public dissent among Jews "had" to be silenced. I don't know if you've ever watched Finkelstein debating this and many other issues, Bill, but I have. You may take the opposing view and say he is mistaken (if you can demonstrate you have truth on your side) but I have yet to see anybody succeed in this. Not only is he brilliant but he also sticks to plain facts that can't be refuted. It demeans us as human beings to make gratuitous remarks as you did, Bill: in ten years from now Finkelstein's views will be mainstream.