Clearly we are all filthy anti-semites

[Flatcap]

So the Israeli Embassy thinks we are "repugnant and negative"

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4582227a10.html


Who the hell does Dor Shapira think he is, telling us how we should act, and is he not stereotyping New Zealanders?

What does he want? Public floggings?

[Big Dave]

What does he want? Public floggings?

Circumcisions.

[CookMySock]

ah yeah, clearly the "even from Jews" thing is in jest, but some people just aren't going to take it that way. I find it amusing, but I wouldn't say it in certain company, and I certainly wouldn't put it up in writing in a public place, and put my name on it. If it was "even from women" there would likely be hell to pay, rightly so. snort..

edit: It is function of what they believe.. "It is our hope that an apology will only be the start of an entire campaign to remove this repugnant and negative mindset from the culture and political environment in New Zealand." New Zealanders don't HAVE this "negative mindset" - they never did. They wouldn't find it amusing if they did - thats how humour works - stuff that is too close to home isn't funny at all. It is fair for them, or anyone, to need time to repair the harm that has been done to them in the past, as long as they actually do that. After all, it is our kiwi culture they came here for, and we have every right to insist that they not colour our culture with their negative projections, just like they have every right to enjoy our free spirit and happy-go-lucky nature.

DB

[Mikkel]

I generally don't like Israelis TBQH. Nothing to do with their religion or whether they were subjected to hardship during the war... Nothing to do with how the conflict in the middleeast is subtly tied into Israel...

But when you meet them when out travelling, I have never encountered a group which so consistently have behaved in an arrogant and aloof manner. Ask the next hostel owner you meet about stories about Israelis - I'm sure they'll have more than a few.


...and just for the record, I don't like Nazis either...

[jonbuoy]

I generally don't like Israelis TBQH. Nothing to do with their religion or whether they were subjected to hardship during the war... Nothing to do with how the conflict in the middleeast is subtly tied into Israel...

But when you meet them when out travelling, I have never encountered a group which so consistently have behaved in an arrogant and aloof manner. Ask the next hostel owner you meet about stories about Israelis - I'm sure they'll have more than a few.


...and just for the record, I don't like Nazis either...

He's not wrong you know.

[imdying]

Pssssh... I rag on every ethic group... if kykes think they're gonna be excluded, they're mistaken!

[Donor]

Oh for fucks sakes.

As a person of jewish descent...

When will these bearded torah wielding sooks get the hell over themselves?

Not only did they steal a country, they've also nicked the word holocaust and bloody well trade marked it, and have booked the WAAAAAAAHmbulance solid for the foreseeable future.

Shit oh dear, these pricks need a sense of humor - thank blazes I have no interest in my heritage...

[James Deuce]

He's not wrong you know.

He is. I don't know if they still do it now, but it used to be quite common to find a couple of Israeli lads (or ladettes) touring the Sth Is. after finishing their compulsory military service.

For some reason I always used to bump into them on those one lane road/rail bridges on the West Coast and would invariably end up helping them pick their bike up after they'd wedged a wheel in a railway line and tumbled to their doom.

Friendly to a fault, pleasant and interesting to talk to as well.

[Mikkel]

For some reason I always used to bump into them on those one lane road/rail bridges on the West Coast and would invariably end up helping them pick their bike up after they'd wedged a wheel in a railway line and tumbled to their doom.

Friendly to a fault, pleasant and interesting to talk to as well.

Oh sure, if they are not in a big group and they actually want/need something from you there are no hassles...

[Big Dave]

Aye James, folks is folks.

Until they get to be a spokesperson or an Official.
Then the law of 'none of us is as stupid as all of us' applies.

[dipshit]

But when you meet them when out travelling, I have never encountered a group which so consistently have behaved in an arrogant and aloof manner.

I have a friend that was a tour guide at a wildlife park and she said pretty much the same thing once.

BTW... being an Israeli does not mean being a Jew. It is not the same thing.

[jim.cox]

I would almost be prepared to listen them - if they treated the Palestinians fairly.

Pot meet Kettle - Kettle meet Pot

[Flatcap]

And another thing:

If he thinks NZ needs a attitude change, why doesn't he tell the mossad to fake some other country's passports.

[Steam]

The rudest people I ever met tramping were Israelis.
They didn't bring any food, they went around the hut and begged food from other trampers.
They followed our family group and stopped when we stopped for chocolate breaks, even though we finally asked them not to.
They shit right beside the track and didn't bury it or cover it.
They didn't pay any hut fees even when they were challenged about it by a hut warden and other trampers.

[SpankMe]