tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post1374687129523858187..comments2024-03-01T08:19:54.547+00:00Comments on BobFromBrockley: Too much fighting on the dance floorbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-5223509739010310282011-06-24T14:51:39.241+01:002011-06-24T14:51:39.241+01:00The resignation letter you link to contains the fo...The resignation letter you link to contains the following paragraph:<br /><br />**One part of that working definition rejected by the union stands out: it is anti-Semitic to ‘deny the right of the Jewish people to self-determination’, within some borders, unspecified as what they might be. It is hard for me to comprehend how anyone could consider this relatively anodyne claim as unacceptable, let alone reject it as a current form of anti-Semitism, which it most certainly is.**<br /><br />The professor has dispensed with the "...taking into account overall context could..." caveat in favour of an assertion of "the right of the Jewish people to self-determination". His reference to borders shows that he must mean statehood but then so does the working definition in its complete form. <br /><br />As it happens, to argue for such a thing is demonstrably antisemitic in itself but he makes it clear that there is no context by which it could not be antisemitic to argue against or even question "the right of the Jewish people to self-determination".<br /><br />The letter strengthens the case against the working definition and his description of the zionist project (since that's what he clearly means) as "relatively anodyne" further undermines his argument.levi9909https://www.blogger.com/profile/10553481056544494411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-24130832231558341892011-06-23T09:36:17.704+01:002011-06-23T09:36:17.704+01:00Thanks for linking, Bob.
I'm going to have to...Thanks for linking, Bob.<br /><br />I'm going to have to put off breakfast after reading the Lindsey German and Germaine Greer stuff. Ecch.kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503738414917449549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-29243947016970297022011-06-22T19:35:58.052+01:002011-06-22T19:35:58.052+01:00Thanks for the link, Bob, and for reminding me of ...Thanks for the link, Bob, and for reminding me of how much I like the rather underrated Mick Jones. Stay Free, possibly the best Clash song ever.<br /><br />I too am a bit music-obsessed, Martin and I have recently been swapping notes on Bowie. Where will it all end?Rob Marchanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11534810369839848312noreply@blogger.com