Comments on: Basket Case http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/ Down Under Punditry in the Middle East Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:15:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1-alpha-10188 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8904 Anonymous Mon, 07 May 2007 15:17:34 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/#comment-8904 Yes, or maybe the fine print. Many subliminal things go unseen these days. It requires years of training only to be able to spot them. Yes, or maybe the fine print. Many subliminal things go unseen these days. It requires years of training only to be able to spot them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8903 Anonymous Tue, 01 May 2007 15:31:55 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/#comment-8903 Why do you stumble in the small words. There are over 6 billion people in this world and no one can make him/herself thoroughly understood. Read between the lines... ---- <a href="http://www.peoplesfurniture.net/home_office_furniture_8_ct.htm" rel="nofollow">Home Office Furniture</a> Why do you stumble in the small words. There are over 6 billion people in this world and no one can make him/herself thoroughly understood. Read between the lines…
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]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8902 Anonymous Wed, 18 Apr 2007 11:26:42 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/#comment-8902 I'm pretty sure Tel Aviv has 2 airports - Ben Gurion andSde Dov. What a well informed young man he is. I’m pretty sure Tel Aviv has 2 airports - Ben Gurion andSde Dov.

What a well informed young man he is.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8895 Anonymous Sat, 31 Mar 2007 23:11:35 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/#comment-8895 You think the man used a dictionary? Here's a post I read today about the NBA: http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2007/03/rosen_assessment.html The word crafty is used in an overwhelmingly positive way: "Roy, on the other hand, plays a much more crafty defense. Not a quick jumper, he relies on position, anticipation, and clever hands." I don't think he was being antisemetic - let's pick some clear cases if we're gonna get upset. You think the man used a dictionary? Here’s a post I read today about the NBA: http://blog.oregonlive.com/blazers/2007/03/rosen_assessment.html The word crafty is used in an overwhelmingly positive way: “Roy, on the other hand, plays a much more crafty defense. Not a quick jumper, he relies on position, anticipation, and clever hands.” I don’t think he was being antisemetic - let’s pick some clear cases if we’re gonna get upset.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8901 Anonymous Sat, 31 Mar 2007 01:53:47 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/#comment-8901 Poorly phrased, sure, but anti-semitic? Nope. He thinks Jews have good survival skills learned thru persecution, and is glad to have them on his side. He thinks it's "great" that Jews have lots of clout. He points out and admires the success of Jews in the business world. You don't like the word "crafty?" I'll admit it doesn't have the best connotations, but (IMO) he's using it to mean "possesed of impressive strategic and tactical skills." Poorly phrased, sure, but anti-semitic? Nope.

He thinks Jews have good survival skills learned thru persecution, and is glad to have them on his side.

He thinks it’s “great” that Jews have lots of clout.

He points out and admires the success of Jews in the business world.

You don’t like the word “crafty?” I’ll admit it doesn’t have the best connotations, but (IMO) he’s using it to mean “possesed of impressive strategic and tactical skills.”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8900 Anonymous Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:04:41 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/#comment-8900 The wording might not be good, but I don't see any real antisemitism. In some ways he was trying to be complimentary. Stan The wording might not be good, but I don’t see any real antisemitism. In some ways he was trying to be complimentary.

Stan

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8899 Anonymous Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:41:25 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/#comment-8899 I see his comments as pretty benign. Subscribing to stereotypes is something we all do to differing degrees. Obviously he does, in a big and mildly disrespectful way. But, shouldn't we expect disrespectful language from the blacks? ;) I see his comments as pretty benign. Subscribing to stereotypes is something we all do to differing degrees. Obviously he does, in a big and mildly disrespectful way. But, shouldn’t we expect disrespectful language from the blacks? ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8898 Anonymous Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:09:20 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/#comment-8898 Hey, do not make of every word a big case! He is really more impressed by the way of the jews, then that he wants to insult you. May be his words were not well chosen. But if you wanna make a big thing out of his words, then look on the way your brother in the countrys around you react when they feel a little bit insulted. Burn his NBA shirt on the street! Hey, do not make of every word a big case! He is really more impressed by the way of the jews, then that he wants to insult you. May be his words were not well chosen.

But if you wanna make a big thing out of his words, then look on the way your brother in the countrys around you react when they feel a little bit insulted. Burn his NBA shirt on the street!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8897 Anonymous Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:52:47 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/#comment-8897 Could be... Could be…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8896 Anonymous Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:44:41 +0000 http://www.israellycool.com/2007/03/30/basket-case-3/#comment-8896 I think it's just some very un-PC wording... or a poor choice of expression. I mean, it's like saying that Blacks are all good at sports and People of Color got good rhythm... not recommended choice of words for a public figure to use but not untrue. I think it just makes him sound unsophisticated not necessarily anti-Semitic. I think it’s just some very un-PC wording… or a poor choice of expression. I mean, it’s like saying that Blacks are all good at sports and People of Color got good rhythm… not recommended choice of words for a public figure to use but not untrue.

I think it just makes him sound unsophisticated not necessarily anti-Semitic.

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