Comments on: Why the fuss? http://pdberger.com/why-the-fuss/ A British freelance writer living in New York Wed, 17 Nov 2010 23:48:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: pdberger http://pdberger.com/why-the-fuss/comment-page-1/#comment-381 pdberger Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:22:49 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=117#comment-381 You're right. He is an absolute moron. But why not fight him on the issues that really matter, like his reception of Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi in London, instead of playing into the hands of the Evening Standard, which has probably never had so much publicity before and which probably doesn't care who says what as long as it makes a good front page. You’re right. He is an absolute moron. But why not fight him on the issues that really matter, like his reception of Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi in London, instead of playing into the hands of the Evening Standard, which has probably never had so much publicity before and which probably doesn’t care who says what as long as it makes a good front page.

]]> By: Wellsy http://pdberger.com/why-the-fuss/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Wellsy Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:08:46 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=117#comment-376 Ken Livingston is representative of one of the most multicultural cities in the world (including some 200000 Jewish voters) Whilst his comments may not be 'anti-semitic', he has a track record when it comes offending the electorate, most notably the Jewish community. ============================================================================================================================ He has clashed with the Jewish community many times since the 1980s, when he was leader of the old Greater London Council. In 1981, as co-editor of the Labour Herald newspaper, he ran a cartoon entitled “The Final Solution,” depicting the then-Israeli Premier, Menachem Begin, as a Nazi. He is seen in SS uniform, giving the Nazi salute and standing on a pile of dead bodies, saying: “Shalom? Who needs shalom with Reagan behind you?” During a 1984 interview with Israeli newspaper Davar Hashavuah, he claimed the Board of Deputies had come under the control of “reactionaries and neo-Fascists.” In October 2002, he denounced Ariel Sharon as “a very unstable leader with a record of war crimes and mass murder.” Last year, he welcomed to London Muslim cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who has endorsed Palestinian suicide bombings and is accused of backing the killing of gays and the beating of women. When a cross-communal coalition, including the Board of Deputies, asked to meet him to discuss their concerns, he refused. He argued their claims were lies peddled by a “Zionist front organisation.” At a GLA meeting last month, he was amused at the memory of a stormy meeting with the Board of Deputies over his condemnation of Israel, joking: “They should have sold tickets to that one.” ============================================================================================================================ He is a prat (both historically and currently), a poor representative for one of the multi-cultural capitals of the World, and will continue to offend, until Londoners see sense and get rid of this obnoxious little runt. Ken Livingston is representative of one of the most multicultural cities in the world (including some 200000 Jewish voters)

Whilst his comments may not be ‘anti-semitic’, he has a track record when it comes offending the electorate,
most notably the Jewish community.

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He has clashed with the Jewish community many times since the 1980s, when he was leader of the old Greater London Council.

In 1981, as co-editor of the Labour Herald newspaper, he ran a cartoon entitled “The Final Solution,” depicting the then-Israeli Premier, Menachem Begin, as a Nazi. He is seen in SS uniform, giving the Nazi salute and standing on a pile of dead bodies, saying: “Shalom? Who needs shalom with Reagan behind you?”

During a 1984 interview with Israeli newspaper Davar Hashavuah, he claimed the Board of Deputies had come under the control of “reactionaries and neo-Fascists.”

In October 2002, he denounced Ariel Sharon as “a very unstable leader with a record of war crimes and mass murder.”

Last year, he welcomed to London Muslim cleric Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who has endorsed Palestinian suicide bombings and is accused of backing the killing of gays and the beating of women. When a cross-communal coalition, including the Board of Deputies, asked to meet him to discuss their concerns, he refused. He argued their claims were lies peddled by a “Zionist front organisation.”

At a GLA meeting last month, he was amused at the memory of a stormy meeting with the Board of Deputies over his condemnation of Israel, joking: “They should have sold tickets to that one.”

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He is a prat (both historically and currently), a poor representative for one of the multi-cultural capitals of the World, and
will continue to offend, until Londoners see sense and get rid of this obnoxious little runt.

]]> By: anguswit http://pdberger.com/why-the-fuss/comment-page-1/#comment-354 anguswit Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:41:59 +0000 http://pdberger.com/?p=117#comment-354 You're right EINY. Red Ken may be a commie, an idiot, and an anti-semite, but the comments in question don't prove any of those. I hate it that Jews have claimed for themselves the role of moral watchdog of all references to the Nazis. BTW, who is Angus Whitmeyer? You’re right EINY. Red Ken may be a commie, an idiot, and an anti-semite, but the comments in question don’t prove any of those. I hate it that Jews have claimed for themselves the role of moral watchdog of all references to the Nazis.

BTW, who is Angus Whitmeyer?

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