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September 9, 2006
Unbelievable Europeans
When I was growing up, people remembered World War II. Every one's dad had been in the military during the war. I had uncles who were fighter pilots in the Pacific. My dad, as most in the military, never saw combat - he was in Hawaii doing Quartermaster stuff during WWII.
We were all very aware of the evils of Nazism and how the Nazi dream was to rid the world of Jews. (and Gypsies and Catholics, and gay people and imperfect people).
But I suppose it has been long enough that most people who were in WWII are dead or dying, and there are very few Holocaust survivors still alive to remind us what happened.
So, I suppose it was bound to happen - for some unGodly reason, there are people all over the world who are turning into anti-Semetic, evil, stupid people.
Even a bunch of architects.
I always thought that architecture was an art. I always thought that artists were more accepting of all people because they tend to be a bit on the different side themselves.
Boy, was I wrong. This lovely group of architects has demanded that an architectural firm in Israel be banned from a biennial competition. Darleenhas all the details.
Folks, please do not hide your heads in the sand and ignore the new anti-semitism that is springing forth all over the world. This is the path to hell, and we have to stop it.
Posted by Beth at September 9, 2006 8:08 PM
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PAr for the course, sadly.
The University of California Board of Regents had fights about whether to drop all assets from Israeli companies while I was an undergrad. I worked, briefly, for a company in 'biotech valley' that divested itself of Israeli holdings as well.
This shouldn't be shocking to you anymore. It's old hat now, Beth. That don't mean you shouldn't be pissed off. Just not shocked. bast-tardy is pretty all encompassing now days.
Posted by: ry at September 10, 2006 12:27 AM
Like I said over at Darleen's, "anti-Zionism" is nothing moe than an attempt to put a respectable face on Jew-hating.
Posted by: J Rob at September 10, 2006 8:26 AM