tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post115461555128427310..comments2024-01-23T18:21:17.066+00:00Comments on Surroundings: Scottish Anti-SemitismRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1154886173767508992006-08-06T18:42:00.000+01:002006-08-06T18:42:00.000+01:00Thanks for Nonna link. I was not too exercised by...Thanks for Nonna link. I was not too exercised by Gibson's drunken little diatribe and wouldn't have mentioned it but for the Scotsman comments. <BR/><BR/>Very nice rondeau by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1154877988150503442006-08-06T16:26:00.000+01:002006-08-06T16:26:00.000+01:00That exact link is at Nonna GorilovskayaThat exact link is at <A = _BLANK HREF="http://nonnkablog.blogspot.com/2006/08/nonnablog-presentsthe-mel-gibson.html" REL="nofollow">Nonna Gorilovskaya</A>Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1154877739640379222006-08-06T16:22:00.000+01:002006-08-06T16:22:00.000+01:00It just makes me wonder how many there are in the ...It just makes me wonder how many there are in the woodwork. Hopefully, not many.<BR/><BR/>I enjoyed this from Nonna Gorilovskaya at http://nonnkablog.blogspot.com.<BR/><BR/>Given that "Mel Gibson has asked the Jewish community to help him heal his burning anti-Semitic tongue", she recommends, "long-term remedies like 10,000 hours of dancing the Hava Nagila." There are other suggestions too.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1154875423024215382006-08-06T15:43:00.000+01:002006-08-06T15:43:00.000+01:00Thanks, Rob. Worth people noticing. Nothing too se...Thanks, Rob. Worth people noticing. Nothing too serious but it's interesting how they come out of the woodwork at certain times. <I>Apropos</I> of harry, there is no winning that one because the rules aren't made that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1154721887519032052006-08-04T21:04:00.000+01:002006-08-04T21:04:00.000+01:00"Anyway. I'm always slightly surprised by anti-sem..."Anyway. I'm always slightly surprised by anti-semitism in the UK just because Jews are such a low-visibility minority, but I guess that's never stopped anyone."<BR/><BR/>That was my reaction exactly, and your story is yet another example.<BR/><BR/>C.E., at the link you'll notice that some comments (not the ones I've replicated) have been deleted. We can only imagine what they might have said...Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17046788730174617923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1154661689129084622006-08-04T04:21:00.000+01:002006-08-04T04:21:00.000+01:00I'm surprised at how polite and well-written the c...I'm surprised at how polite and well-written the comments are. Then I'm a Yank; over here we're all equal or I'll kick your ass.C. E. Chaffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16166950.post-1154618982359101302006-08-03T16:29:00.000+01:002006-08-03T16:29:00.000+01:00Is it just me or is the byline on that article - '...Is it just me or is the byline on that article - 'Gary Gentile and Sandy Cohen in Los Angeles' – a bit peculiar? I mean surely that isn't just the Scotsman's idea of a joke?<BR/><BR/>Anyway. I'm always slightly surprised by anti-semitism in the UK just because Jews are such a low-visibility minority, but I guess that's never stopped anyone.<BR/><BR/>I was waiting for a haircut a while back and the barber was talking to his customer about Tottenham Hotspur (which is of course stereotyped as having lots of Jewish supporters). And they said something like:<BR/><BR/>"You'd think one of those Jewish billionaires would come in and give Spurs lots of money."<BR/>"Ah, well, they wouldn't, would they, because they're Jewish."<BR/><BR/>I was absolutely staggered, especially since they didn't appear to be more than half-joking. So I pointed out that Roman Abramovich is Jewish., which in retrospect wasn't ideal because while it argues against the idea that Jews are tight, it doesn't do much to dispel the idea of 'those Jewish billionaires'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com