To form an opinion of someone or something prior to obtaining evidence to justify that position is prejudice. To continue to hold that opinion in the face of conflicting evidence is dogmatic. Needless to say there has been plenty of both dogma and prejudice involved in Israel’s latest venture onto the world’s front pages. From [...]
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That Flotilla incident.
Posted by Chris Nash on June 13, 2010
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2010/06/13/that-flotilla-incident/
U.N.fit for purpose
The UN’s permanent investigator of alleged Israeli human rights violations, Richard Falk, has called for an economic blockade on the state of Israel. The proposed boycott would be justified as a response to the blockade imposed by Israel on materials entering Gaza. Mr Falk made a thinly veiled comparison between Israel and Nazi Germany, describing [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 31, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/u-n-fit-for-purpose/
Of Minarets and Men
I wasn’t going to wade into this whole Swiss ban on minarets thing. Any issue where one conflates race, religion, democracy, and (worst of all) referenda is going to be trouble. But then a Bulgarian mate invited me to a Facebook group about it (and as we all know Facebook groups are the epitome of social [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on December 8, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/of-minarets-and-men/
Time to scrap the United Nations?
News on the upcoming “Durban II” UN talks on racism, due to be held in Geneva, suggests that a number of nations including the US and Canada may be thinking of boycotting it. The reason given is due to fears that the event will be hijaked by those nations who wish to promote an anti-israel [...]
Posted by Chris Nash on April 20, 2009
http://comradenash.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/time-to-scrap-the-united-nations/
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