tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136645358311730630.post3453421119007291546..comments2023-03-25T16:56:45.276+03:00Comments on The Goy's Guide to Israel: Football against the EnemyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136645358311730630.post-20397985883223384582009-07-16T08:04:11.386+03:002009-07-16T08:04:11.386+03:00"The Israelis have never declared the occupie..."The Israelis have never declared the occupied territories as part of Israel"<br /><br />Well, actions do speak louder than words; the problem with the Wall is not its existence per se, but the route that it takes. If the Wall had followed the Green Line completely, I don't think anyone could have a rational problem with it - aesthetics aside, because it is an ugly thing. <br /><br />But it doesn't follow the Green Line, and it is important to remember this. I would argue that what the advert does is to reduce the impact of the Wall to something similar to a benign presence; unfortunately the Wall is anything but that.xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989276205341536681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136645358311730630.post-89063015413111311942009-07-16T01:56:10.637+03:002009-07-16T01:56:10.637+03:00I would have assumed that even in our odd circumst...I would have assumed that even in our odd circumstances, it's pretty cut and dried. For all that freedom of movement is a necessity, it does have its parametres; and one would have assumed that a laissez faire crossing of borders into foreign territory is one of them. The Israelis have never declared the occupied territories as part of Israel, and as far as I know, neither have the Palestinians.Adam Ehadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213623660238077376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136645358311730630.post-27265275420896973022009-07-15T11:58:57.886+03:002009-07-15T11:58:57.886+03:00Oh, I do favour the two state solution. I also fav...Oh, I do favour the two state solution. I also favour freedom of movement, which the wall arbitrarily restricts (even accepting the standard, not-completely-unreasonable security argument)<br /><br />But your point - that the ball is in a foreign country - is a good one, that would apply in most normal circumstances. I'm not sure what counts as normal here, though...xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989276205341536681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136645358311730630.post-16634159206636265092009-07-15T11:52:11.160+03:002009-07-15T11:52:11.160+03:00Hillarious! Although why should anyone think that ...Hillarious! Although why should anyone think that the ad. is even remotely rascist? ...and surely the reason that the Palestinians can't fetch the ball is because it is in a foreign country? Or do you not favour a two-state solution? <br />There is another great football-sociology related book out there...I think it was called "How football explains the world"Adam Ehadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05213623660238077376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136645358311730630.post-43533524898913249182009-07-14T06:04:52.451+03:002009-07-14T06:04:52.451+03:00Thanks for the linkThanks for the linkxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06989276205341536681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3136645358311730630.post-76353603324189139002009-07-14T05:57:55.596+03:002009-07-14T05:57:55.596+03:00The **really** interesting thing about Ajax is tha...The **really** interesting thing about Ajax is that so few of their fans are actually Jewish. There is an interesting bit in "Kike Like Me" (http://www.tvo.org/klm/ ) where the narrator talks to the fans, and they are no less anti-Semitic than the rest of the Netherlands, despite wearing Stars of David and wrapping themselves in blue and white.thebookmistresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032752323648227055noreply@blogger.com