Comments on: Sick and Tired http://www.israellycool.com/2005/04/11/sick-and-tired/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:23:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/04/11/sick-and-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-3368 Anonymous Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:59:27 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/04/11/sick-and-tired/#comment-3368 Anti semitic is a very strong word to just bandy about like that. His comments are incredibly dumb rather than antisemitic (note that he does say that he is "revolted" and "violated"by the Holocaust). His problem is that he fails to understand why we learn about, and keep hearing about the holocaust...Its not about guilt...its about making sure it doesn't happen to anyone else, anywhere, ever... The problem is that his comments will probably be taken - by the sorts of mental pygmies who desecrate jewish graves - as an endorsement of their views. It will also further sour our relationship with Israel a nation that despite recent, diplomatic hiccups, most New Zealanders see as a friend. I'm not denying that there is antisemitism in New Zealand...there is...I just don't think JT is part of that. Anti semitic is a very strong word to just bandy about like that. His comments are incredibly dumb rather than antisemitic (note that he does say that he is “revolted” and “violated”by the Holocaust).

His problem is that he fails to understand why we learn about, and keep hearing about the holocaust…Its not about guilt…its about making sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else, anywhere, ever…

The problem is that his comments will probably be taken – by the sorts of mental pygmies who desecrate jewish graves – as an endorsement of their views. It will also further sour our relationship with Israel a nation that despite recent, diplomatic hiccups, most New Zealanders see as a friend.

I’m not denying that there is antisemitism in New Zealand…there is…I just don’t think JT is part of that.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2005/04/11/sick-and-tired/comment-page-1/#comment-3367 Anonymous Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:07:02 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2005/04/11/sick-and-tired/#comment-3367 Local reports just now are that he was only <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10120042" rel="nofollow">'censured' </a>and not kicked out of the Labor Party. Its an election year so they don't want this as an issue. I wonder what he has to do, to actually get what he deserves? Local reports just now are that he was only ‘censured’ and not kicked out of the Labor Party. Its an election year so they don’t want this as an issue. I wonder what he has to do, to actually get what he deserves?

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