. . .moral masturbation [as the author terms the boycott], [is] a desperate, delusional, sterile, supremely self-contained form of non-activism that risks nothing even as it changes nothing.”

Boy is that a money quote, and boy does it apply in spades to what the Dems have been doing vis a vis Iraq. Wankers all.

The tea drinking British University system. Seems they are going to “reccomend a boycott” anything Israeli due to the “occupation of Palestine”.
UK lecturers support Israel boycott call
Union passes motion calling on members to…

The English hate Jews now more than any time in modern history. There is little doubt much of this is due to where too many of the elites see the bread being buttered in the future. They need to go get their wives and daughters fitted for burkas now. Why wait.

Anti-semitism: the only permissable form of bigotry.

In the post-modern worldview, weak makes right, and might makes wrong. So as soon as Israel kicked ass in ’67, and lost their underdog status, i.e. became strong (and wrong), we Jews lost our seat on the diversity bus. (The elimination of the quota system in the Ivy’s didn’t hurt either.)

The “acacemics” in question must be thinking that when Britain finally succumbs to Sharia law, and the islamist gangs start rounding up the political and social leadership of the old, infidel order, they’ll have a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free card to play: “But look! I voted against Israel!! No! Wait! I can explain –”

I hope we’ll be able to get some video of those precious moments.

Crackpot elites think of Israel as “the West” and it’s neighbors as, well, not. Therefore, everything bad that happens is Israel’s resposibility in the old anti European colonial mold. Palestinians, so this ‘thinking’ goes, can be held resposible for nothing because they are not capable of being resposible – they are simply victims – free of all accountability.

Well forest, it’s easy. Liberals don’t believe that non-Westerners have free will. At least, they act that way.

They believe any “non-Westerners” have no control over their actions, no choices, and no responsibilites. All their actions are “effects” from which “causes” must have originated in the Western nations.

And if you disagree, and maybe think that these “non-Westerners” are actually intellectually equal to Western nations, and deserving of the same rights and responsibilities, guess who is racist… It’s a bit confusing, but that seems to be the “proper” worldview.

Some day maybe I’ll be able to think like that. I hope not though.

Next time, we should wait until after Britain is demolished to step in and save their skin.

dread pirate roberts, how are things in Patagonia?

Dread Pirate Roberts VI on May 30, 2007 at 3:19 PM

Heh

Exit question: They’re having themselves quite a day today, aren’t they?

I guess they have their own versions of Ward Churchill.

If you see a student, in particular a Muslim student, planning violence in which ever form you chose, it’s not kosher to report such behavior. I suppose a course on body parts identification will be required curriculum at some point.

It’s easy to lash out at Isreal; cowards know that the “Zionists” won’t hit them back. Can’t say the same for the jihadis, though. That explains why our brave British professors are silent about them.

The “acacemics” in question must be thinking that when Britain finally succumbs to Sharia law, and the islamist gangs start rounding up the political and social leadership of the old, infidel order, they’ll have a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free card to play:

“But look! I voted against Israel!! No! Wait! I can explain –”

Anti-semitism: the only permissable form of bigotry.

Enrique on May 30, 2007 at 2:11 PM

Haven’t you heard? It’s impossible for liberals to be bigots.

Amen

It results in blind hatred toward Israel while it demeans Israel’s neighbors by expecting absolutely nothing from them. It effectively reduces Palestinians to helpless inferiors. It’s bigotry no matter how you slice it. But its perpetrators will swear it isn’t – just ask them – they know what’s good for everyone.

Ugh, the antisemitism flowing through the leftist elite of both the US and Europe is disgusting.