tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post6736922901914314499..comments2023-09-30T08:07:26.165-04:00Comments on Mystical Politics: Who else endorsed Gilad Atzmon's "The Wandering Who?"Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-59070010118838566492011-10-06T13:30:05.615-04:002011-10-06T13:30:05.615-04:00" he was unaware of any of Atzmon's previ...<i>" he was unaware of any of Atzmon's previous comments or reputation"</i><br /><br />A hardly credible excuse.<br /><br />Nowadays the first thing smart people do when confronted with an unknown (or new author) is to look them up on the web.<br /><br />Either Tariq Goddard is a fool or willingly complicit with the pushing of anti-Jewish racism, only he will truly know which is which, but those feeble excuses don't really work.ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-52692797023850779692011-09-27T11:45:10.851-04:002011-09-27T11:45:10.851-04:00Yes - their statement is the one I linked to. I ha...Yes - their statement is the one I linked to. I hadn't read the official statement when I posted my comment, but Tariq in his communication with me expressed regret about the matter, and the fact that he had been unaware of the background. I'm not saying they shouldn't have done a bit more work in finding out what Atzmon stands for, but it's certainly wrong to paint them as a 'hate publisher' as Harry's Place have done. The official statement doesn't go into as much detail, unfortunately, but I believe that pulling the book at this late stage would have been both financially and legally a devastating move for Zer0. They did however request that Atzmon not associate them with anything not expressly in the book (I, like most people talking about it, haven't read it so can't comment on whether *this specific text* is or is not anti-semitic).<br /><br />I'm not trying to defend Zer0 - just sharing some information in order to clarify the nature of the situation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-53977028228400970272011-09-27T11:00:13.720-04:002011-09-27T11:00:13.720-04:00Why, then, has Zero Books just come out with a sti...Why, then, has Zero Books just come out with a stirring defense of their decision to publish Atzmon? I understand that they have contractual obligations - but sometimes the moral thing is to break the contract and take the consequences. Even other authors published by Zero have now issued a statement denouncing Atzmon.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-6709950271129541642011-09-27T05:20:55.609-04:002011-09-27T05:20:55.609-04:00You may like to know that a number of other Zer0 a...You may like to know that a number of other Zer0 authors have made public moves to distance themselves from the book - see the open letter here: http://leninology.blogspot.com/2011/09/zero-authors-statement-on-gilad-atzmon.html<br /><br />I have personally communicated with Tariq Goddard of Zer0, who has made it clear he was unaware of any of Atzmon's previous comments or reputation up until the time it was financially impossible for them to withdraw the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-86204433426632734772011-09-25T15:51:07.713-04:002011-09-25T15:51:07.713-04:00Glad you liked it!Glad you liked it!Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17626228106192215280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448657.post-75258706503588758032011-09-25T00:42:19.202-04:002011-09-25T00:42:19.202-04:00This is probably your best post ever.This is probably your best post ever.N. Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00807802753899167085noreply@blogger.com