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Certainly not my job or desire to apologise for anyone guilty of naked anti-semitism, they deserve what they get IMHO. I just disagree with you that 'legitimate criticism of Israel' is always tolerated, I'm not sure that is the case. You are placed in the pro-Israel box, or the anti-semitic box...

I understand why you can't deal with the foreign policy point sensibly. There is no good answer. You won't get any arguments from me about ridding the world of xenophobia, racism and blind prejudice. Though I have never seen more of it in this country than the last six months.

It seems you are now branded anti-semitic if you dare to question any aspect of Israel's foreign policy. Not quite what the phrase originally meant, it has to be said.

I suppose where I'm slightly coming from is that you do need to hear from these people, even if only to shoot it down. When people look back at the whole Hillsborough tragedy in the future, it could be that the Bettison book is quite 'important' if only to highlight the general state of denial...

These days you can save yourself the trouble of reading Mein Kampf by just listening to some Tory conference speeches...

Fair enough, have to agree to disagree on this one. I think Waterstone's have banned it in Liverpool, 'chosen not to stock' is semantics as someone else said. And while it wasn't me that raised the Dick Knight book, I think it was a big mistake of the club not to stock that one. It wasn't a...

I suspect you're right - but you don't know they would have sold zero copies. I tend to agree with those who think they should just let the bloke hang himself and stock it. I have no doubt that campaigners and journalists will drive a bus through many of his self-serving arguments.

But we are talking about the shop, and what they have done. And they have effectively banned it unilaterally from their stores in a particular location, there is no way around that however you dress it up. Whether you can get it elsewhere is irrelevant to these specific actions. Now I can...

If there is a difference between a shop banning a book and refusing to stock it, that difference is either non existent or negligible.

Good point. It's amazing how his memory, so shaky in the various public inquiries etc, has suddenly come back with such clarity he can write a book...but then I haven't read it what's in it.

Personally I can't stand the bloke. I have no doubt he lied through his teeth about the fans at Hillsborough, participated in or even led the cover-up from the police, took no responsibility for the victims, failed to take on board the horrific effect on the lives of the families, showed no...