tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post6902092794177854547..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Stale AntisemitismYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-77630008595668167142009-08-31T16:48:23.412+03:002009-08-31T16:48:23.412+03:00Good job. One remark only, re: "Aftonbladet, ...Good job. One remark only, re: "Aftonbladet, the Swedish Guardian-lookalike". According to other places and to Wiki, Aftonbladet has a higher circulation in a much smaller country than Grauniad.<br /><br />"In 2006 the paper had 1,425,000 daily readers".SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-44055266985492720682009-08-26T21:17:07.898+03:002009-08-26T21:17:07.898+03:00From Y-net:
"It's true that most of our ...From Y-net:<br /><br />"It's true that most of our reporters are social-democrats but we are far from being anti-Semites," he said. <br /><br />Apparently the SocDems can waive the requirement. <br /><br />Though I bet the conservatives in Sweden don't think much differently.<br /><br />LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-19864699561096585982009-08-26T15:34:45.449+03:002009-08-26T15:34:45.449+03:00The article indeed seems to reproduce old antisemi...The article indeed seems to reproduce old antisemitic topoi. <br /><br />It's the paper who is responsible for that still, so why ask the government distance to itself from what a paper printed? It seems like the wrong address.SKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-33269192345335435242009-08-26T11:59:50.206+03:002009-08-26T11:59:50.206+03:00Anonymous
the Lockerbie Bomber got a book deal in ...Anonymous<br />the Lockerbie Bomber got a book deal in the offing - so he is still needed for a book-tour<br />you can't let him die yet, think of the damage to the wider economy not to talk of the damage to world history if that story never got out there in his own words<br />rgds,<br />SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-77468776107561907932009-08-26T00:52:25.595+03:002009-08-26T00:52:25.595+03:00Here's a modest proposal:
Since the Aftonblad...Here's a modest proposal:<br /><br />Since the Aftonbladet stands by its story, and anyone you can't un-ring the bell, why doesn't the Mossad go grab the dude, chloroform him, pith him with an icepick (like we used to do those frogs in Zoology 101), and then just part him out. No reason even to smuggle him whole out of Stockholm, since the kidneys, eyeballs, liver, heart, etc., could easily be Fedexed in styrofoam boxes under dry ice. <br /><br />The benefit stream could really be maximized: firstly by preserving the reportorial credibility of Sweden's main socialist rag; secondly by responding to the organ market (priced to $$upply and demand!); and thirdly by demonstrating traditional Jewish compassion by allowing him to die peaceably in his native village. Better yet, maybe they still do a prostate transplant, thanks to Mr. Helin, on the Lockerbie Bomber, which if he croaks in mere weeks as expected, would be a tremendous waste, given expected US boycott of Scotland. Maybe even that Israeli filmmaker who was kicked out of the Edinburgh festival (you go Ken Loach!) could pick up some of the organ revenue to make a documentary on Helin's dissection.<br /><br />That fabulous 2006 Turkish film "Valley of the Wolves (you go, Gary Busey, although he was way better as Buddy Holly!) has all the technical details, including the instruction set for Jewish doctors. "Full disclosure" practice suggests that Helin be show it on DVD before being pithed so at least he'll know he spoke the truth and it was nothing personal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-32674988723081440842009-08-25T23:16:34.422+03:002009-08-25T23:16:34.422+03:00Actually he looks like a mental defective and a th...Actually he looks like a mental defective and a thug. He should shave before getting his picture took. And maybe wear a tie, if he's going to wear a suit jacket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-9564986066500380972009-08-25T21:32:35.136+03:002009-08-25T21:32:35.136+03:00I don't always see things Bibi's way, but ...I don't always see things Bibi's way, but in this case he is right to ask the Swedish Government to condemn the article(s). The accusations are against Israel's military, and by extension the Government of Israel. That means slander against the government of a friendly country. Any reasonable head of state should be expected to say "We do not believe these accusations" at the very least.<br /><br /><br />Also this was a "news" article not an opinion piece, or as in the Mohammed case, a cartoon. Opinion is one thing, reporting alleged war crimes as fact without evidence is another.<br /><br />LisaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-35623654155467472432009-08-25T11:52:18.373+03:002009-08-25T11:52:18.373+03:00http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1246883815730.shtm...http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1246883815730.shtml reports now that Lieberman said something that gave the Swedes a pretext to rally behind their Aftonbladet<br />rgds,<br />SilkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-62754539752031828472009-08-25T06:15:43.764+03:002009-08-25T06:15:43.764+03:00If this guy is universally a bad judge of journali...If this guy is universally a bad judge of journalism and consistently prints unsubstantiated stories, then it would be difficult to accuse him of anti-Semitism. OTH, if he only does it regarding stories about Israel, then clearly it is bias. Did Y-net challenge him on his judgement as an editor?<br /><br />Morey - Could you go to England and sue for libel there?<br /><br />NycerbarbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-79735520999290411092009-08-25T03:24:05.415+03:002009-08-25T03:24:05.415+03:00You need to run this post through a spell checker:...You need to run this post through a spell checker: it's canard, and component.Joe in Australianoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-69370163603920531092009-08-25T03:07:57.739+03:002009-08-25T03:07:57.739+03:00Of course, speaking of the banality of evil, is th...Of course, speaking of the banality of evil, is the enthusiastic endorsement he received from that nasty little Oleh Chadash Freedman on the Guardian's CIF blog, which has reached a low only comparable with the most anti-Semitic blogs in the world with the comments it has left standing in response.John Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-11590095382489041372009-08-25T00:29:28.664+03:002009-08-25T00:29:28.664+03:00Yaacov, as usual, some good points. I have a few t...Yaacov, as usual, some good points. I have a few thoughts on this story over at my blog: http://moreyaltman.blogspot.com/2009/08/sweden-for-swedes.html<br /><br />Although I studied 'Media Law' 20 years ago, I think Helin might have actually admitted to committing libel (the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated OR IMPLIED to be factual, that may give an individual, business, product, group, government or nation a negative image.) <br /><br />Of course, this is Sweden, where apparently freedom of speech gives everyone the right to spread malicious rumours and make any statement regardless of truth, and regardless of the consequences even if these comments may bring about verbal and physical abuse of others. Traditionally, reporters that don't actually investigate stories are called 'hacks' and 'gossip-mongers.' And newspapers that do this are called...well, it's not a very polite term. Anyway, I'm sure he'll be fine. They can always use good stories here: http://weeklyworldnews.com/Morey Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886157582583010411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-55512308932880485582009-08-25T00:16:04.064+03:002009-08-25T00:16:04.064+03:00The banality of evil, indeed.
By the way, for tho...The banality of evil, indeed.<br /><br />By the way, for those of you who are interested, the link to excerpts of the ynet interview are <a href="http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3766430,00.html" rel="nofollow"> here</a>.<br /><br />Also, I see that the Egyptian daily, al-Ahram, is claiming that Israel is using blackmail against the West's freedom of speech. I wonder what al-Ahram's position on those Mohammad cartoons was...Geoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05653332291869427555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-45832455476932904582009-08-24T23:54:54.390+03:002009-08-24T23:54:54.390+03:00here is another nice Swedish guy
- a journalist t...here is another nice Swedish guy <br />- a journalist turned spy turned thriller writer - the thrillers are well ...<br />but I've continued reading a little pile of them because I was fascinated by how he depicted Palestinians in Sweden <br />- they were never really guilty because they kind of couldn't be<br />here I read he is back into journalism and - sursprise, sursprise - his newspaper is Aftonbladet - I understand he is quite prominent, also has written a trilogy? of the crusades, also well o worse outright tedious<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_GuillouAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-16828837223669656872009-08-24T23:27:33.701+03:002009-08-24T23:27:33.701+03:00Good piece. I think this is more egregious than t...Good piece. I think this is more egregious than the initial error of printing the piece in the first place. I was willing to grant that the initial piece was written by a crank and foolishly printed. Now, I think its obvious antisemitism that pervades the paper.<br /><br />The intellectual question is, let's say the article was written about American soldiers in Iraq. Wouldn't the bigotry be obvious?Dennishttp://dennisyedwab.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com