…A reopening of the investigation into the Harkoah club bombing three decades ago, and a new task-force to assist, should be very successful in maintaining anti-Muslim sentiment and keep the pot of hate on the boil between Jew and Arab in our communities.

… Naturally the officials are tracking down an Arab who stole a gas bottle from the State Rail Authority. Wouldn't peace be better served by allowing “Sleeping Dogs to Lie”? And would it be cynical of me to ask if the Jewish quarter in the Eastern suburbs have “smelt” another tax-payer hand out for improved security of Jewish schools?

…And will our SWAT teams moonlight now between busting Arab Bikie gangs and searching for an Arab gas bottle thief in the Western suburbs of Sydney, and busting Aboriginal heads in central Australia searching for sly grog: And all this under the banner of harmonious Multiculturalism?

Ok how about we inject some cold hard facts into this business.
In the 1931 Census of Jerusalem the population is as follows;
Jews, 51,222
Arabs, 19,894
Christians, 19,335.
So based on these prewar figures, how would you describe Jerusalem?

The same holds true for the rest of the British protectorate. There were more Jews there, (even though the British tried very hard to keep them out,) than there were Arabs. Until 1922 Hebron was a Jewish city. (If you don't know why that changed, go and do some research.)

Prior to the creation of Israel, the area was a wasteland. It was actually the development of the area by Jewish settlers during the 18th and 19th C which attracted a massive Arab migration from the neighboring countries.

Hi Dan,

I don't think Cohenite has demonstrated any intolerance whatsoever, except against backward and hateful ideologies, including most religions, but Shari'a in particular.

And maybe I am getting too old, but - pace David Jennings, above - my limited understanding was that Shari'a was a far-right ideology, one opposed to the concept of human equality and - opposed by definition - the rule of (secular) law. In my view, Wilders is very much to the Left of Shari'a.

But if you, or David, can give me any reasonably convincing reason to suppose that, in any way whatsoever, Shari'a is in the slightest way progressive (or have we all forgotten what that might mean ?), and that it recognises equal rights for women in particular, then I will think about giving it, and Islam, the time of day.

What's that, Dan, David ?

Dead silence ?

Yes, a defence of pre-medieval ideology is a bit difficult to carry off, for people who maintain that they are, or once were, in some small way, progressive.

Cheers,

Joe

Jo:

...You are displaying intolerance in preaching against intolerance again! ,Joke.. Ho..Ho “and all that, and all that” as Robbie Burns would say!

...It may amuse you to open JOM’s link just above. “Snoopy” missed the point, (and the football) too!

...And when the mood arises I will rise to your challenge!

Hi Dan,

Are you suggesting that one should never be intolerant towards repugnant and backward ideologies ?

If so, then I have to plead guilty in your court :(

But feel free to uncritically support backward and hateful ideological principles, it's a free country. For now.

Joe

Dan,
Actually my Charlie Brown link was meant to imply that talking about a dialectic in this instance is futile, Colin and Ali and their supporters will never change,the same thing will happen every time, Lucy will always pull the football away at the last second and you'll land flat on your back.
There's been a long line of Charlie Browns lining up to kick the football, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Tony Blair, but just as they are fully committed to the run up and are about to punt that pigskin through the posts they think "This time!".... and then come to their senses, on their back, in a cloud of dust.
Charlie Brown is a good guy but he can't control the world around him, hence his neuroses, Lucy will always pull the football away, Linus will never give up the blanket,Pigpen will always be dirty and the Little Red Headed Girl will always elude him.