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A 'racist' Gesture, Anti-Semitic Committed By A Muslim Footballer Can This Be True?
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It's not the Jews it is the Israeli Government???????????
Yet it is funny how the British are regularly criticised for their Empire and Slavery, and Christians for certain things even up to the present day, wasn't this also down to the governments of the time, and not the British people or the Christians per-se?
Yet it is funny how the British are regularly criticised for their Empire and Slavery, and Christians for certain things even up to the present day, wasn't this also down to the governments of the time, and not the British people or the Christians per-se?
The Nazi salute is instantly recognisable, burned into the collective consciousness of pretty much everyone from pretty much every generation. It is a symbolic shorthand for what the Nazi regime stands for.
This "Quenelle" on the other hand? First I have heard of it. The only ones claiming it is "sweeping europe" are those anxious to discredit the comedian as an anti-semite. The inventor of the gesture, the comedian himself, terms it an anti-establishment gesture, so who are we to argue?
As to whether he is anti-semitic or just anti-israel, it is difficult to say, although he has come out with some pretty inflammatory and also fairly repugnant comments about things like the holocaust etc. Not someone I would want to socialise with, I don't think. But none of us right now have any clue as to Anelkas motivation in using the gesture beyond what he says - that is was a gesture of solidarity to a friend. That does not automatically mean that he supports all the views of said friend, in my opinion.
If he had performed a nazi salute - ban him for a long time, with a big fine, no question - but this? Far too speculative at the moment...
This "Quenelle" on the other hand? First I have heard of it. The only ones claiming it is "sweeping europe" are those anxious to discredit the comedian as an anti-semite. The inventor of the gesture, the comedian himself, terms it an anti-establishment gesture, so who are we to argue?
As to whether he is anti-semitic or just anti-israel, it is difficult to say, although he has come out with some pretty inflammatory and also fairly repugnant comments about things like the holocaust etc. Not someone I would want to socialise with, I don't think. But none of us right now have any clue as to Anelkas motivation in using the gesture beyond what he says - that is was a gesture of solidarity to a friend. That does not automatically mean that he supports all the views of said friend, in my opinion.
If he had performed a nazi salute - ban him for a long time, with a big fine, no question - but this? Far too speculative at the moment...
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