Michael Davison

Michael Davison — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

MV: “America was not discovered by Jews, it was discovered by Christians. But more importantly, it was discovered by people with a belief in freedom. And some of the people who did settle America were Jews, because people all over the world settled America; including Muslims and Arabs.”

You should learn some more history, Marco. Many of Columbus’ crewmen were Jewish, who enlisted in the voyage to escape the Inquisition. The Americas were discovered by navigators supported by the European Empires to look for new lands to rape and conquer… Christopher Columbus, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Fernão de Magalhães, Amerigo Vespucci, Juan Sebastián Elcano, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Giovanni Caboto, Jacques Cartier, Henryk Hudson and many more furthered European Imperialism—freedom didn’t enter into the equation at all. It took four centuries for the Americas to throw off the last imperial colonies in the New World.

Some of the British colonies in North America were founded by Christians seeking freedom for their own beliefs (after being transported from Britain as “undesirables”), who immediately practiced the same discrimination they had suffered from on other Europeans already there (such as the Dutch in New Amsterdam—which became New York). Remember the Salem Witch Hunts?

The American Revolution was almost happenstance—if the British King George III had granted the American colonists representation in Parliament when they demanded it, there might never have been a revolution in the first place—But King George was mad and Lord North was greedy, forcing the colonists to revolt.

When the American Revolution was in full swing and the Continental Congress was bankrupt, it was a group of Jewish ship chandlers from Boston and New York who provided the Congress with cold cash, no questions asked—as well as many volunteers to fight the British.

Many have come after them since, seeking the freedoms that the revolutionaries fought and died for. I’m proud to count several of my ancestors among those revolutionaries. They understood the value of freedom, and its cost. Too many people today don’t.

MV: “As for the country being for the Jews. What a hateful statement. America is for everybody in a system ensuring equal rights;” something the ethnic so-called democracy Israel lacks.”

The US is for all people, whether you like them or not—and if you think everyone has “equal rights”, you’re sadly mistaken.

MV: “something the ethnic so-called democracy Israel lacks.”

Just the way non-Muslims have “equal rights” in any of the 57 Muslim countries, right? Tell me, why aren’t those “ethnic states” also repugnant to you?

Ask any Arab-Israeli citizen if they’re willing to move to the Palestinian Authority—or any other Arab/Muslim state—in spite of the inequalities they “suffer”, according to you. You might want to read an article from today’s Ha’Aretz Magazine Section: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1097398.html It’s about Lucy Aharish, an Israel TV celebrity and… Arab-Israeli.

By the way, by their nature, some Israeli politicians won’t attend the barbecue because it falls on Shabbat. Others will, and Danny Danon’s call for a boycott is actually less idiotic than some of his other suggestions—which should show you how much of a nut he is.

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