"John" <nogen@pladderballe.ok> skrev i en meddelelse
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> Disgusting, isn't it? Let's have a nice cup of tea..
>
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I often bemoan the silent majority of Muslims who don't speak out
against the fanatical few Islamists. Sadly, I now find myself
bemoaning the silent majority of British academics who don't speak
out against the fanatical few in their midst. Their group has been
hijacked by a minority, and it is time to speak out.
I wrote a letter to the editor of a British newspaper bemoaning the
sheer hypocrisy of the latest British boycott of Israel. As a Brit
living in Israel, I am finding it increasingly embarrassing and
hard to explain to Israelis why people in Britain are so
hypocritical when it comes to Israel.
The latest academic boycott condemns the "complicity of Israeli
academia in the [Palestinian] occupation." I assume that this
apparent "complicity" is the only way they can differentiate
between, for example, the US and British occupation of Iraq and
that of the Palestinians. Surely, however, by continuing to pay
taxes to the British government, which is paying the British army,
which is occupying Iraq, British academics are also complicit in
occupation.
The last I heard, the Palestinians voted freely and democratically
for a terrorist group that has massacred hundreds of Israelis and
shows no interest in peace. I assume that the British academia
examined whether the Palestinian members of the group who initiated
the latest boycott voted for Hamas.
This is only the latest in a series of calls for boycotts against
Israel from British groups. The other one that bemused (and
embarrassed) me recently was a British journalist group calling for
a boycott of Israel (!) after a British journalist was kidnapped in
Gaza. He is still being held against his will by a Palestinian
terror group.
Surely boycotts are supposed to be based on some sort of moral
superiority? Not one of the ongoing or called-for anti-Israel
boycotts are based on moral superiority: Britain is occupying Iraq,
and yet there are no boycotts. And such groups wouldn't dream of
contemplating a boycott of Palestinian groups whose weapon of
choice is typically blowing up civilians on buses.
The only country being targeted repeatedly in these boycotts is
Israel. It is clearly acceptable to criticize Israel. However, when
Israel is singled out and held to unique and far higher standards
than everyone else, the criticism turns illegitimate and takes on a
demonic nature. The deafening silence by those who are outspoken
when it comes to Israel on what theoretically should be similar
issues indicates more than mere criticism, and it brings their
integrity into disrepute.
Do really I need to list the numerous countries with abysmal human
rights records (far, far worse than Israel can ever be accused of)
that this British academia group are not concerned enough about to
consider taking action against?
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"Rule, Britannia, rule the waves; Britons never will be slaves."
But will they be dhimmis?