[Dean's World] Dean: "Inspiring" Video

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Posted by Dean:
"Inspiring" Video
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1163897303.shtml


   I try to avoid blogwars so I'm not going to mention the blogger who
   recently posted the below video and cited it approvingly. But I was
   moderately disturbed.

   Not outraged. Not incensed. Not in high dudgeon. Just disturbed.

   I issue no angry moral condemnations. In fact I entirely agree with
   most of this video. But there's a turd in the punchbowl here, which
   I'll mention later. First, here's the video:

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   [1]Lettre ouverte au monde entier
   Uploaded by [2]Tazda

   Again I say: I agree with a whole lot of that. In fact I have only one
   minor quibble: Hitler was never legitimately elected by the German
   people. Sorry, he just wasn't.

   Otherwise, I must say I agree with damn near all of that. I'm not
   Jewish, and I don't have any Jewish relatives that I'm aware of. But I
   am entirely sympathetic to the people of Israel. I don't think Israel
   is perfect, or above reproach, but I am a staunch defender of the
   Jewish people and the right of the state of Israel to exist.

   So what's my problem with the video?

   The problem is that Rabbi Meir Kahane, the man who wrote the piece
   that this video so lovingly embraces, was a slimeball who founded a
   terrorist organization.

   Both the U.S. State Department and the State of Israel designate the
   organization that bears his name--[3]Kach and Kahane Chai--a terrorist
   organization.

   Rabbi Kahane is supported by probably less than 5% of the Israeli
   population. Most Israelis are embarrassed by him and condemn him. The
   political parties that bear his name are outlawed in Israel. They are
   considered terroristic, criminal, and an embarrassment to the Jewish
   people.

   Indeed, Kach and Kahane Kai were finally shown to the world to be vile
   scumbags when [4]Jewish terrorist Baruch Goldstein committed one of
   the greatest terrorist atrocities of the 1990s.

   So you know what? I agree with a lot of what is shown in this video.
   But to me it's like finding out that [5]Charles Manson loves The Beach
   Boys. Hey, I like [6]The Beach Boys too! So Charlie must not be so bad
   after all?!?

   Screw Rabbi Kahane. The State of Israel, the US State Department, and
   reasonable people everywhere condemn him and his terrorist
   organization. So do I.

References

   1. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xetn4_lettre-ouverte-au-monde-entier
   2. http://www.dailymotion.com/Tazda
   3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kach
   4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Goldstein
   5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson
   6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys