Comments on: Nail. Head. Hit http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/25/nail-head-hit/ 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/2006/08/25/nail-head-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-7146 Anonymous Sat, 26 Aug 2006 11:14:21 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/25/nail-head-hit/#comment-7146 I was always taught in school. "Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it." From the time I was little I remember hearing "Never again" from holocaust surviver groups. Now here we are. We are back in the 1930s. It is the same thing. Anti-semitism is completely acceptable. Jewish civilians being killed is looked upon as a legitimate military action, or resistance (resistance means resistance to the existance of Jews). For a long time, we did not want to use the Hitler analogy. Using the Hitler analogy would somehow lessen what Hitler did by comparing the incomparable to anything else. Now is the time for those comparisons. It is the same thing. Given the chance, our enemies would gladly exterminate every Jewish man, woman, and child. How do I know this? It is simple. They say so. We must now dare to compare to the incomparable. Stan I was always taught in school. “Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it.” From the time I was little I remember hearing “Never again” from holocaust surviver groups. Now here we are. We are back in the 1930s. It is the same thing. Anti-semitism is completely acceptable. Jewish civilians being killed is looked upon as a legitimate military action, or resistance (resistance means resistance to the existance of Jews).

For a long time, we did not want to use the Hitler analogy. Using the Hitler analogy would somehow lessen what Hitler did by comparing the incomparable to anything else.

Now is the time for those comparisons. It is the same thing. Given the chance, our enemies would gladly exterminate every Jewish man, woman, and child. How do I know this? It is simple. They say so.

We must now dare to compare to the incomparable.

Stan

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/25/nail-head-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-7145 Anonymous Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:02:10 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/25/nail-head-hit/#comment-7145 I very much agree with the editorial, but I do have some questions. Perhaps you, Aussie Dave, or one of your equally well-informed readers, can answer them. Is The Australian a widely-read newspaper? Is it influential, or is it drowned out by the rabidly anti-Israel voice of the Australian Broadcast Corporation? I ask these questions because here in North America, we have Fox News and a few newspapers such as the Washington Times, but they are drowned out by the cacophony of anti-Israel reporting from CNN, the New York Times, NPR, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and my favourite anti-Israel European import, the BBC. I very much agree with the editorial, but I do have some questions. Perhaps you, Aussie Dave, or one of your equally well-informed readers, can answer them. Is The Australian a widely-read newspaper? Is it influential, or is it drowned out by the rabidly anti-Israel voice of the Australian Broadcast Corporation? I ask these questions because here in North America, we have Fox News and a few newspapers such as the Washington Times, but they are drowned out by the cacophony of anti-Israel reporting from CNN, the New York Times, NPR, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and my favourite anti-Israel European import, the BBC.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/25/nail-head-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-7144 Anonymous Fri, 25 Aug 2006 05:34:58 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2006/08/25/nail-head-hit/#comment-7144 I have to admit that the Australian has had good coverage - it rivals the WSJ in quality. It is nice to see that there are some places outside the US and Israel capable of understanding the conflict. I have to admit that the Australian has had good coverage – it rivals the WSJ in quality. It is nice to see that there are some places outside the US and Israel capable of understanding the conflict.

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