tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post5375752809593735182..comments2023-11-05T22:12:50.570+11:00Comments on Daphne Anson: Welsh Dragons Show Their ColoursDaphne Ansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-90702832713952210112010-08-31T20:23:58.899+10:002010-08-31T20:23:58.899+10:00Thanks for your comment, Steve. The Welsh have so ...Thanks for your comment, Steve. The Welsh have so many names in common with Jews - surnames such as Aaron, Emanuel, and Joel - and there's a definite philosemitic tradition based on the "Old Testament" (I mean to blog about this some day.) There was the whole question of whether the 1911 "anti-Jewish" riots in the Welsh Valleys were in fact as antisemitic as painted by some historians, since not only Jews bur also non-Jewish shopkeepers were targetted.<br />Interesting fields for exploration.<br />It's encouraging to note Yvetta's point that most people give the PSC/aka Peaceniks "a wide berth" - I doubt whether the PSC represents the bulk of Welsh opinion, but the likes of Williams MP and Jones, an Assembly minister, are worrying.Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-32371858105707578442010-08-31T18:52:41.841+10:002010-08-31T18:52:41.841+10:00And I thought the Welsh were the lost tribe of Isr...And I thought the Welsh were the lost tribe of Israel, seems not.SteveRnoreply@blogger.com