LOL Foxy!

I'm wondering how ANF's been censored, given that s/he's still posting nonsense.

On topic, I think that this Maccabi business is a bit of a beat-up. If they only want to play with and compete against other Jews, I imagine that this will be reflected in the inevitable mediocrity that such restricted competition will manifest.

Like all fundies, I say let 'em go for it as long as they keep it to themselves. However, if they want to come and play in the real world such rigid exclusivity would not be accepted. Think of the Maccabi soccer team as the Amish of football.

Who cares? If they want to take their balls (and bats, if they play other games) and play in private, isn't that their loss rather than anybody else's?

Bugsy.
What??
What the 'mitigation comment' was about was that regardless of other examples of clubs may be cited . This topic was about Maccabee and as such other clubs alleged discrimination is logically irrelevant.
Much the same as if I got pinged then went to court arguing that others were speeding too...the response would be something like YOU did the crime you do the time.

I was saying that given the 'rules' had been left ignored for so long there is a principal in law that could be argued. i.e. if My neighbour at some time in the past had inadvertently built his fence on my property and I had made no effort to recover then the property claim is deemed to have lapsed. (a bit like statute of limitations)

The second argument could perhaps be that given there wasn't a specific reference forbidding the occasional non-Jewish members and considering that it had been in the interest of the club and didn't prevent the original stated aim...i.e. to yarder yarder benefit Jewish community. It could be further argued that their presence facilitated this aim the directive under common law could be struck down.

The other point was if I the father of a Jewess and I was forbidden to join because I'm not a Jew then it could be argued that my daughter and subject of the constitution was discriminated against and therefore breaching their own constitution.

Do you see my points now? It all depends.

Do I care beyond my theoretical humanistic stance...not really. like CJ said....their loss

Foxy,
Why do you think I'm marketing the exclamation mark?

Dear Non Farmer,

You started an entire thread on it.