tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post6108648932814500880..comments2024-03-01T08:19:54.547+00:00Comments on BobFromBrockley: Three big compliments, two defencesbobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-71352635355766996982009-05-02T15:17:00.000+01:002009-05-02T15:17:00.000+01:00Agreed Bob, there are many arguments to be had on ...Agreed Bob, there are many arguments to be had on the British Left, however, the "He's a racist but..." ain't one of them.<br /><br />I couldn't understand it, and when I took it up with the organisers of the CoS I received no satisfaction. I would have preferred not to have needed to post on that, it was so obvious that they should have corrected it long ago, but if people are going to have a blind spot for Ahmadinejad then that needs to be pointed out.ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-59588591467666987102009-05-02T13:05:00.000+01:002009-05-02T13:05:00.000+01:00Mod - I managed to overlook the further depressing...Mod - I managed to overlook the further depressing symptom you highlight in your Carnival of Socialism post. Well done for fighting back.bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-32826885174936838582009-04-30T19:20:00.000+01:002009-04-30T19:20:00.000+01:00ahh Bob,
what else do you expect from Andy Newman...ahh Bob,<br /><br />what else do you expect from Andy Newman? Even his apology was given in poor grace. <br /><br /><I>"...and though his blog is generally far too sympathetic to Israel for my liking..."</I>what nonsense and that thread, geez, rather than find some common cause the denizins of SU blog would rather kick you. <br /><br />What a poor state the British Left is in, reduced to petty name calling, etc<br /><br />How depressing.ModernityBloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06354254639321208955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-9110263316897210202009-04-30T16:50:00.000+01:002009-04-30T16:50:00.000+01:00I like it :-)I like it :-)The Contentious Centristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370528817706233156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-82293984970199028102009-04-30T16:47:00.000+01:002009-04-30T16:47:00.000+01:00What I should have said to Andy, maybe: "That's mi...What I <EM>should</EM> have said to Andy, maybe: "That's mighty white of you sir." What do you think?bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-60372963214257537912009-04-30T16:31:00.000+01:002009-04-30T16:31:00.000+01:00He is trying to shame you for having affection for...He is trying to shame you for having affection for Israel.<br /><br />How is that different from this:<br /><br />"And then they all come along, the eighty million good Germans, and each one has his decent Jew. Of course the others are swine, but this one is a first-class Jew."<br /><br />I'm beyond caring who thinks what anymore. Seems to me there is a domino effect here, a slow motion global "aleihum" converging on Israel.The Contentious Centristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370528817706233156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-74933096733791929572009-04-30T16:05:00.000+01:002009-04-30T16:05:00.000+01:00Slightly ashamed. But too tired to fight today. Ha...Slightly ashamed. But too tired to fight today. Have I won a battle to lose a war?bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-67693000264396447012009-04-30T15:03:00.000+01:002009-04-30T15:03:00.000+01:00How nice for you, Bob, to be embraced by someone w...How nice for you, Bob, to be embraced by someone who says things like:<br /><br />"And the fact that the KIbbutzes were built of land stolen from other people at gunpoint - that’s colonialism."<br /><br />And you thanking him in return for his graciousness in exonerating you from the taint of being a Zionist!The Contentious Centristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370528817706233156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-91128662820529624042009-04-30T12:14:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:14:00.000+01:00As "slow-burn zionist" is now confirmed by Andy N....As "slow-burn zionist" is now confirmed by Andy N. as "slightly inaccurate" I'm wondering what would be slightly different enough to be accurate!<br /><br />I'm drafting my own zionist plan of action as I paint. It's a doozy!kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03503738414917449549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10131050.post-48502235757954767112009-04-30T12:04:00.000+01:002009-04-30T12:04:00.000+01:00Oh Bob! You and Tony the GreenStalin in the same b...Oh Bob! You and Tony the GreenStalin in the same breath? <br /><br />I would go on a drinking binge in such a situation...SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.com