2. Another Human Rights Watch Criticism - but it's not of Israel (well, not directly - it manages to get in some shots anyway) - The Associated Press: Rights group criticizes Hamas treatment of Israeli. See also Michael Oren: Gilad Shalit: Hostage of Hamas - WSJ.com and Sarkozy sends letter to Noam Schalit
3. The G8 - G20 Hits Toronto - the usual small group of anarchists essentially used the overwhelming majority of peaceful demonstrators as a form of a human shield and sparked violence and destruction of property
- The lefties take it to the streets
- This is what anarchy looks like: Editorial | Editorial | Comment | Toronto Sun
- Black Bloc doesn't represent the Canadian way
- More than 600 arrested as Toronto summit ends
hey, guys, here's the thing - in Canada, you can protest more or less whatever you want as long as it's not illegal (use of hate speech for example) or violent. That is your right as a Canadian citizen, and I support your exercise of that right even if I fundamentally disagree with your position.
But as far as I am concerned, once you employ violence, the game changes and you need to pay the price. For starters, I'd like to go to wherever these people live and destroy their worldly possessions. And quite frankly, if some of them ended up with some broken bones or ribs, well - that's life in the big city.
I have been told that my approach is fundamentally wrong and that you do not answer violence with violence - then "we" become no better than "them". I'm not sure so sure - these criminals, and in my opinion that is exactly what they are, need to pay a meaningful price for their actions. They are clearly not afraid of being arrested or of the court system (though they are more than willing to use the protection of Canadian civil rights and the rule of law when it suits them), so I'm guessing the message has to be brought home in another manner.
It is also interesting to see the concerns expressed about the presence of such violence in Canada's largest city, and how best to deal with it. If people have a problem handling the need for security and the violence of the protesters, then maybe they have now obtained a small taste of what Israelis have to endure - and in Israel, the bad guys don't just want to break some windows and torch some police cars - they want to kill you, your family, your neighbors and destroy your country and your entire way of life. I doubt it, but maybe this will make some prescient few a little less judgmental about Israel.
4. Obsession - and I don't mean the cologne. The World's Deadly Obsession With Israel - Forbes.com. See also:
- Ron Radosh » “Nation” Writers Use a Fallacious Historical Analogy to Support their BDS Campaign
- Pajamas Media » Slicing and Dicing the Israeli Salami
- Lion's Den: The Left’s new enemy: ‘Empire’
- J Street Goes Even Further Left | The Weekly Standard
- Pajamas Media » PC Morality: Blame the Government, Not the People, Unless It’s Israel
- An ‘emotional blockade’ is levied against Israel
5. UNRWA - one of my [major sarcasm alert] "favorite" organizations - UNRWA - Pajamas Media » Israel Blockade Getting in the Way … UNRWA Says and The Rosett Report » Let Turkey Pay for UNRWA
6. I'm Rooting For Spain In The World Cup - but only because of this - JPost.com BlogCentral In the Trenches Spain's Pro-Israel Tag Team
7. Flotilla Fascination - the earnest, self-righteous useful idiots (together with the hardcore terrorist types) apparently have figured out that the way to put pressure on Israel is through an endless stream of flotillas. Here are some links about that:
- Faster, Please! » Iran Wimps Out
- U.S. Says Sea-Bound Aid to Gaza is Irresponsible – Forward.com
- Iran blinks, will not send "aid ship" to Gaza - Jihad Watch
- Chesler Chronicles » The Flotillas of Summer, The Guns of August
8. Gee, You'd Think They Went To See Some Male Strippers - Private Practice - by Elizabeth Cohen > Tablet Magazine - A New Read on Jewish Life
"This is not a story of the undoing of Judaism, but of its cancellation through silence and storage."
Maybe, but the result is the same.
11. And You Thought Israel Needed A PR Boost? - Skip the yacht race, and other rules about conspicuous consumption for embattled CEOs. - By Daniel Gross - Slate Magazine - also see this interesting article - How do you count the barrels of spilled BP oil in the Gulf? - By Brian Palmer - Slate Magazine
12. I Do Not Know If This Is Fake - but it is very funny regardless - is it obvious that the guy being interviewed is a master of spin? If BP doesn't hire him, maybe Israel should....
I regret to say that I highly doubt that the violence used by the Black Bloc will make any left leaning looney understand the israeli situation any better but we can try to buy some mileage out of this. Funny that the press did not question why these non Canadian tactics have become the norm at all G-20 conferences worldwide. I don't think that it is unreasonable for me to presume that these anarchists were an imported bunch of psychopaths. AS for the so called peaceful demonstrators otherwise known as "useful idiots", many looked like they were having a fine time partying. In the meantime CTV condemned the government for being too heavy handed. This is the only time I'd condone the Saul Alinsky method of shooting first and asking questions later then apologizing ( oopsy) for being given the wrong facts. I agree with you that the only lesson these animals absorb is a show of force...Newscasters like Lisa Laflamme embolden these aggressors when she was arrested protesting that she had a right to be behind the lines since she was a journalist. What was it about "Don't go behind those lines" that she misunderstood? ---Reminded me of Jean Chretien's response to 911 when he said "WE have to know their root causes" giving tacit approval to violence. That is when I became a Conservative. A.S.
ReplyDeleteFrance's emotional blockade against Israel is parallel on a micricosmic level to my husband's injury at work. One of his coworkers thought that it was funny when he responded out loud with " don't worry its only Jewish blood".
ReplyDeleteThe Front Fell Off, now that was hilarious.
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