My grandmother was Jewish. She married a gentile and basically spent the best part of her married life acting like a good CofE Christian.
I have an affinity with Jews. I find them funny, attractive and slightly tragic. I also think we pussyfoot around them too much and we do that because Jews make us do that. If the holocaust had never happened I wonder where our Hebrew friends would be today? They would have very little to complain to the world about.
Perhaps it's because Jews are predominantly white that we view their attempted genocide with so much horror. I mean there have been many occasions in the last few hundred years alone where blacks have been mercilessly murdered, I mean look at Rwanda. Yet we don't see the same empathy towards these people as we do towards the Jews. I don't think that's particularly fair, even if I am trivialising it to a degree.
I've touched on this before, with the Prince Harry wearing a Nazi uniform affair, but I'm getting fed up with the Jewish people, because they are contributing to this Nanny State more than anyone else. Red Ken Livingstone, the leader/mayor of London has been in hot water for calling a Daily Mail journalist, who happened to be Jewish, no better than a Nazi Concentration Camp Guard and as a result there has been more hours covered on the news than proper serious issues ever get. It seems that the world is more concerned about comments made by politicians than they are about any real issues.
So Ken upset a Jewish journalist, who really cares? Apart from the Jews who see Ken as a scapegoat. If you look at the reasons behind this and most TV reports seem to be ignoring the facts in favour of wheeling out every leading Jewish spokesperson to declare what a rotter Ken is, you might be a little more sympathetic to Ken...
The journo in question (and having been one I know what a tenacious and thoroughly despicable lot most tabloid journos are) had been harassing Ken for months, trailing him, asking him the most personal and prying questions. He was just one of many journos who, once someone becomes 'public property', spend their time constantly getting in the face of these people. Half the time these 'journalists' are intent in getting their own stories and if that means provoking the target, then so be it. This is what this Jewish journalist, Oliver Finegold, did and Ken reacted to his tenacity by insulting him. I would have done the same thing. In fact many people would have, just like many people hire Nazi fancy dress costumes. Except me and you aint Ken Livingstone are we?
I'm sure that some Jewish people will have been offended by this statement of Ken's, but aren't they taking it all a little bit too seriously? I mean, we have thousands of Muslims in this country and when some twat like Abu Hamza says stupid things like 'death to all the British infidels' and gets cut to shreds by the papers, we don't see a huge swell of support from the UK Muslims, do we? In fact whenever anyone is insulted in some way, some minority group, we don't get the over reaction we've had this last week or so.
But, of course, we're entering a general election campaign and Ken is a Labour politician and the Daily Mail and it's snide sister paper the Evening Standard are both so rooted in the Tory camp that Ken Livingstone could be responsible for saving the lives of 50 kittens from drowning and they'd find something wrong with this selfless act. The Daily Mail also supports fox hunting, do I need to say anything else?
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Jehovah save us from Ken Livingstone apologists! :)
I actually agree with a lot of what you say and there is no doubt that the Daily Mail, the Tories and anyone with a grudge against Ken has been waiting for something like this to happen.
But there are three main factors that really annoy me.
Firstly, and it’s a brief point – we live in a time where image surpasses substance and Ken holds a very public and very image led role. He is the Mayor of one of the planets most important cities. He should know how to behave in public and when to keep his mouth shut. A simple “sod off” would have sufficed in this recent situation but he had to guild the lily.
Secondly – Ken isn’t living by his own rules. Reverse the situation and replay – a Stephen Norris is accosted by an Asian Mirror reporter and turns around and blurts out “You’re acting like an Al-Qaeda terrorist!” “I’m Muslim and offended by that Mr Norris!” answers reporter. Yet Mr Norris continues! Ken would be the first person calling for him to be strung up and stoned in Parliament Square. If you live by the Politically Correct sword you should die by the Politically Correct sword and Livingstone is being hacked to bits with his own…. weapon.
Lastly – if you monitor the views in London about this subject it has been a great excuse for the Jewish community to kick up a stink but it’s also been a great excuse for anti-Semitism cloaked in the shroud of Livingstone defence. Listen to any London radio station and listen to the amount of Muslim callers defending Livingston and using this as an excuse to take the offensive against Jews. After Ken’s last gaff, inviting Dr Al Qaradawi, this is just another slap in the face of a minority group that isn’t in Livingston’s inner circle. Al Qaradawi is a “celebrated” misogynist, homophobic, anti-Semite bigot who seems to be part of Livingstone’s inner circle.
Ken is an old hand at the press game and he's shot himself in the foot on this one - whether it has an effect on the Olympic bid or the running of London, only time will tell. But I guess it's all happening whilst being paid for by London taxpayers money so he'll never really give a damn ;)
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