tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post3037453723261871403..comments2023-11-05T22:12:50.570+11:00Comments on Daphne Anson: Why Boycotting Israel Is Rank Hypocrisy: Scottish PSC chief nails it!Daphne Ansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-46209759895360659012014-12-16T08:43:42.334+11:002014-12-16T08:43:42.334+11:00BDStards. Great word.BDStards. Great word.Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-25525822552652257112014-12-16T08:42:09.238+11:002014-12-16T08:42:09.238+11:00Thanks for that intriguing and insightful comment....Thanks for that intriguing and insightful comment. Of course, the Scots played a large part in the commerce, expansion, and peopling of the British Empire, and in its military.Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-28054275088418059522014-12-16T07:32:42.375+11:002014-12-16T07:32:42.375+11:00Has anyone noticed that Scots and Jews have certai...Has anyone noticed that Scots and Jews have certain cultural similarities?<br />Both are small peoples.<br />Both have large diasporas who turn up in unexpected places.<br />Both are legendarily inventive. Someone once half jokingly commented to me that what the Scots didn't Invent the Jews did. It is surprising how true this tongue in cheek observation actually is.<br />Both have a mercantile tradition.<br />Both have religious traditions which place great emphasis on the Torah.<br /><br />I think there's a marriage made in heaven there. Scotland will lose its obsession with the left when federalism means it has to pay its own bills and stem its own brain drain into its own diaspora (1 million Scots live in England alone).<br /><br />Scotland's traditional excellence in commerce, entrepreneurialism and science will need reinvigoration and Israel will be an obvious place to go looking for partnership. It won't take long before they do and that will change perceptions and marginalise these left wing nut jobs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-47992741846420367632014-12-15T02:22:37.518+11:002014-12-15T02:22:37.518+11:00As always, everything these BDStards says is pratt...As always, everything these BDStards says is prattling nonsense. What needs to happen is to force them to stand up with the courage of their own convictions and boycott or abandon every single 'Israeli' technology, 100% w.o. qualification. And we should help them by compiling a list of those things. We need to force them to sign an affidavit showing they have successfully gone 'Jew-free' and if they don't then we need to give their names to all the other BDStards for appropriate action. After all, even the Nazis were willing to kick out all their Jewish scientists, engineers, doctors and so on even if it hurt their national economy. BDStards need to follow suit at the very least. What good is having principles if they're meaningless? Empress Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06073538968722986065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-21910199271430961252014-12-14T22:59:10.428+11:002014-12-14T22:59:10.428+11:00Thank you, Ariadne. Very interesting.Thank you, Ariadne. Very interesting.Daphne Ansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12297188759548931101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-971541537715440752.post-30083028475118379992014-12-14T22:57:24.201+11:002014-12-14T22:57:24.201+11:00A changing demographic and the loss of a much heal...A changing demographic and the loss of a much healthier tradition:<br /><br />2010<br />http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/29617/special-report-the-decline-scotlands-jews<br /><br />2011<br />http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/59449/questions-scots-cant-ignore<br /><br />2013<br />“Slightly more than 1%, or 77,000 people, reported that they were Muslim, up 34,000 in 10 years, The numbers of Buddhists, Hindus and Sikhs accounted for 0.7% of the population in 2011 in total and both have gone up since 2001. The number of Jewish people has declined slightly, to just under 6000.”<br />http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/census-reveals-huge-rise-in-number-of-non-religious-scots.22270874<br />Ariadnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890283022455289696noreply@blogger.com