Why "embarrassed" Mike?
Because I find somebody who once wrote well (and probably still does elsewhere) behaving like a rather infantile name-calling schoolchild, I do find it embarrassing.
"Was there ever such a pitiful pathetic piddling piece of penny-in-the-slot pussy-collar-gee?"
Come on Mike - you are not really at this stage of life, are you?
It is not "racist" to pass on the lesson that was given to me by people who had undergone unimaginable horrors, when they declared that, as victims, they would never submit people of any cultural group or race to the experiences forced on them.
When the Israelis made comparisons of what happened to the Jewish people and what is happening in Israel today out-of-bounds, they certainly knew what they were doing.
As the Israelis have torn up any workable definition of 'Antisemitism' by declaring any criticism of their policy "Antisemitic", I feel justified in arriving at my own definition of the term, so I feel perfectly comfortable in using a comparison now being used worldwide by Jews and non-Jews, including prominent and respected Israelis.
Gloves are off, as far as I'm concerned.
For the Israeli Justice Minister to declare publicly that any criticism of Israeli policy was "Antisemitic" was the final straw - 'Israel uber alles'
Jim Carroll