Sunday, January 9, 2011

1. Striking Back - After publishing 2 awful letters last week, the Halifax paper did publish 2 strong responses in yesterday's edition - check out the last 2 letters at this link. The letters were were well-written and factual, rather than inflammatory and based upon, shall we say, a rather questionable version of the "facts". Well done to the letter writers!


2. I'm Very Glad to Know This - Hamas leader says Nazi genocide of Jews was a "lie" - Jihad Watch - perhaps this racist, genocidal Hamas moron could tell us what happened to millions of members of the Jewish population of Europe between say, 1939 and 1945.

(here's a clue...)

For example, I have some relatives from Lithuania that have never communicated with our family ever since the Einsatzgruppen rolled through town in 1941 - maybe they took away all of the Jews' writing paper - after all, there was no email in those days, and maybe our relatives lost my grandmother's address in Canada. Or perhaps it was just a coincidence.

(here's another....)

(and yet another.....)

And a word to the "peace-lovers" who support Hamas and Hezbollah, together with their enablers in Iran and Syria. No matter what you have convinced yourself about the rights of the Arabs who live in Gaza and the Arabs who live in the so-called West Bank and the way Israel supposedly abuses them, remember that support for Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran (among others) is support for holocaust-denying regimes that want to destroy Israel in such a way that the Shoah will look like a garden party - if you can live with that, fine - but I would respectfully suggest in that case you are either an antisemite, willfully blind, a complete moron, or the precise definition of a hypocrite - you pick.

And if you think that not being Jewish will spare you the ravages of radical Islam - here is one example - better think again - here is another - What’s behind the wave of attacks on Christians? - thestar.com - and another - Exposing the hypocrites, and another - Belmont Club » The Outsider - I think you get the point by now.

You might want to consider the relevance of the famous words of John Donne, the 16th century poet
"No man is an island, entire of itself every man is a piece of the continent,
a part of the main if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee."
Alternatively, you could also learn from Pastor Martin Niemoller, the 20th century German cleric:
“First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me"
Don't say you weren't warned.

3. In The Same Vein - Speaking of which, is there any clearer example of hypocrisy and stupidity than Queers Against Israel Apartheid - well, maybe the feminists who support radical Islam - but you get my point.

I absolutely could care not less about your sexual preference. That's your business. But should QAIA be protesting this:


and this:


or this?


Just wondering.

Oh - and if you think that your collaborationist and "useful idiot" stance from the safe sanctimonious existence you live in North America or Western Europe will bring you any favors - let's try this idea as a bet (especially if you are Jewish as well).

A. Move to Gaza, the PA, Syria, Saudi Arabia or Iran; and

B. In the exact same way you do here, openly and proudly exhibit all aspects of the freedom of sexual preference that you enjoy in Canada, the US, the UK, France and so on - and, oh yeah, in Israel too. You know, on top of your normal equal civil rights, the annual flamboyant parades, the freedom of speech regarding issues that matter to you, freedom of assembly at gay gathering places and events, etc., publish books and magazines regarding gay issues, and generally make sure that everyone knows that a business is gay-owned, etc.

C. If you are physically able to do so, let me know how it goes. If the disruption to your lifestyle by the authorities exceeds 5% (I think that this is being very generous on my part - I was inclined to say .000001%), then you have to immediately renounce all your protests against Israel apartheid and add your voices instead to those in support of Israel. If you experience less than a 5% impact to an openly gay lifestyle, then I will apologize for criticizing you for criticizing Israel.

By the way, I would not try Iran first - it's been said by their President that there are no gays in Iran, so you might have trouble establishing yourself.


"And so, a great gulf exists between a rather large Jewish public, who believes that loyalty to the state and failure to sympathize with its enemies are significant components in granting rights to its citizens, and an academic, media and cultural elite that is horrified by any such conditioning, viewing it as clear proof of Jewish racism. Some go as far as comparing us to certain states in Europe in the 1930s and 1940s.


At this time it wouldn’t hurt to also update Albert Einstein’s dictum that “two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity,” by adding the hypocrisy and self-righteousness of many of our authors, artists, journalists and lecturers to the list."
5. Gaza Baloney - here are two good articles - Barbara Kay: Gaza’s self-perpetuating misery Full Comment National Post and Michael S. Bernstam: Five letters that spell Middle Eastern misery | Full Comment | National Post - correct me if I am wrong, but what other group of "refugees" in the world has their own UN agency? Shouldn't 60 years have been enough for these people to have been able to get on their feet - especially with the obscene amounts of petro-dollars at the disposal of their (ostensible) Arab brethren?

6. Melanie Philips Gets It - this somewhat lengthy piece gets right to the point - and we'd better wake up - Israel: Losing the Battle of Psychological Warfare | FrontPage Magazine

7. Huck Finn Controversy - I am continuing to monitor this situation since to me it is emblematic of the politically correct gone amuck world in which we live - Rex Murphy wades in here - Turning lightning into lightning bugs as does the Editorial Board of the Globe & Mail here - Huckleberry Finn: The problem of that word - The Globe and Mail.






10. Hypocrite Alert!! - Haven't heard a word about this - especially from the usual suspects - India is fencing off its border with Bangladesh. What will that mean for millions of potential climate refugees? - By Bidisha Banerjee - Slate Magazine - are Bangladeshis inferior in some manner and not worthy of your time? Or are you too busy vilifying Israel to have noticed this new fence - let alone these other ones - noted in an article from 2005.

11. Controversy - Rights Museum: Is it proper that the Holocaust gets special billing? Holy Post National Post - whether one likes it or not, in my opinion, the Shoah was the biggest crime against humanity that ever took place. That does not mean that other genocides should be ignored or minimized , but the Shoah is the extreme (and, unfortunately, largely successful) model that needs to be studied.


13. More Hypocrisy - and a great title to the article - "And the stones and trees will say, 'Oh shopper, there are BIG SAVINGS behind me!'": Protest NYC's hypocrisy in banning Walmart but allowing Ground Zero victory mosque - Jihad Watch - if you are unaware, the title refers to that pithy, peaceful little statement in the Koran -
"The Day of Judgement will not come about until Muslims fight the Jews (killing the Jews), when the Jew will hide behind stones and trees. The stones and trees will say O Muslims, O Abdullah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him. Only the Gharkad tree, (a certain kind of tree) would not do that because it is one of the trees of the Jews." (related by al-Bukhari and Muslim)."




18. Time For A Smile - boy, is it ever......and Glace Bay-born, Halifax-raised and Acadia University grad Ron James always comes through!



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  1. AnonymousJanuary 10, 2011 at 6:34 AM

    Thanks so much for ther article by Melanie. I have recently returned from Israel and am always exceedinhgly angry indeed perplexed by the facts in Israel and what is reprted here. The two are worlds apart and not in the least refelective of reality and I am someone who as a columnist and sometime journalist with the abiility to see a balanced view. There is no balane here.

    What I will NEVER understand- and I consider myself socially prgressive - is why the left, which strives for women's rights and other lofty laudable goals, would back Hamas and Hizbollah and thus sentence women and others (including themselves if they are not Muslim) to no human rights in these countries! I also wonder of course why the rich Arab countries who might have helped their Palestinian bretheren in a heartbeat do not do so, leaving for example Hadassah Medical Center to care for the children of these people who thanks to Arab absentee Landlords of the 1940's, have no home. It is a rheotorical question of course. They are a convenient remionder when the need to whip up anti Israli sentiment or imho, anti Semetic feelings in the world. They are also being held hostage by thoe afirementioned Iranian proxies!

    Gail Walsh

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