Intellectual Disability Quotes
This was his description of Israel's strongest supporting nation�s Secretary of State. His reason for this statement was the Kerry�s analysis of the motivations for Palestinian Terrorist action was different from his. However, the real importance of this quotation is that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu then selected Baratz to lead Israel�s public diplomacy efforts, the major target of which was the United States even though he had these views and worse, publicly published them. Baratz also slandered Secretary of State Kerry�{582961}. It shows that Netanyahu closed his eyes to clear lack of diplomatic skill and language because he was as limited and constrained by his world view much as most of the Palestinian terrorist fanatics were constrained by their world view and ideology. People like this often act against their own interests in order to maintain their world view, and Baratz very much shared the Prime Minister�s particular world view which is what Netanyahu wanted to promote in his nation�s public diplomacy. So he selected an ideological crony.
Writing a majority opinion allowing forced sterilization of the mentally retarded: In the ultimate tragic irony, the legal opinion in the case never questioned the assumptions of the case—that Carrie Buck, her mother, and daughter were all mentally retarded. Later scientists established that two of the three were normal and there was no real evidence about Buck’s mother. It seems that sexual promiscuity of unmarried women was the evidence upon which mental retardation was reached.
The reference was to the Royal Governor of New York, William Cosby. He was not mentioned by name but the context was very clear that it was he who was being lampooned. The Governor was furious, and had the New York Weekly Journal press burned to the ground. Then the crown prosecuted the publisher, Peter Zenger. This was one of the most famous trials in American history. Although it was clear that the existing law against defamation had been violated, the jury of New York colonists acquitted Zenger. To this day prosecutors in England and America are very worried about what has been called “jury nullification” of the law, and every state except Maryland has strung laws making it difficult if not impossible for a defense attorney to even suggest that the jury should quit because the law is wanting or unjust. The 1st Amendment was very much influences by the Zenger case.
