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[Politics] Club insensitivity re crimes of state of Israel
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I can't wait for [MENTION=6886]Bozza[/MENTION] to get an email entitled:-
NSC insensitivity re crimes against me (Beadman) and my opinion.
NSC insensitivity re crimes against me (Beadman) and my opinion.
oneillco
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- Feb 13, 2013
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Well said. I've read his letter twice and I still don't see what his point is. .
To be fair, there are several frequent posters, best described as 'one-off man-mentals' yet to post on this thread. Give it time.
Farehamseagull
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Wow, did not expect to read a post like that on here.
We all know Barber reads every email and responds to them all which is a real credit to him but I actually feel sorry for him that he's got to take the time to read and reply to that.
We all know Barber reads every email and responds to them all which is a real credit to him but I actually feel sorry for him that he's got to take the time to read and reply to that.
Tweeting Seagull
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- Mar 27, 2018
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Interesting topic with the Giro starting in in Israel this week too and the protests re that. I have seen comment about Israel flags at Albion games until I’ve pointed out we have two Israelis in our team. A complex topic that deserves a lot of thought and worthwhile asking Barber at the next Q&A about it I think
RandyWanger
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Betfair Bozo
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oneillco
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Worthwhile asking Barber what exactly? And when you say "interesting topic" the topic was the alleged disgrace of Albion printing the picture of two Israelis of different religions on the calendar page for May.
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Blue Valkyrie
Not seen such Bravery!
That wastes valuable time when we could be discussing programme staples and a bhafc train.
beadman
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Following the usual cul-de-sacs and irrelevancies it is usual for message boards to generate I hope this is my very final statement.
I am not sure what I am supposed to be fishing for
Nobody has once mentioned the central point of my argument - May 2018 is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State Of Israel which started the brutal suppression of the indigenous Palestinian population.
A bad month to feature Israeli players regardless of their religious or ethnic background
It is all about the date!
I am not sure what I am supposed to be fishing for
Nobody has once mentioned the central point of my argument - May 2018 is the 70th anniversary of the founding of the State Of Israel which started the brutal suppression of the indigenous Palestinian population.
A bad month to feature Israeli players regardless of their religious or ethnic background
It is all about the date!
Tom Hark Preston Park
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- Jul 6, 2003
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You pompous arse. Here's hoping for a final statement from PB telling you to go **** yourself.
Cotton Socks
Skint Supporter
- Feb 20, 2017
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Perhaps the simplest option would be to cut out the players pics from, Jan, Feb, March or April and stick it over the top of May?
Greg Bobkin
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OK, I'll play along. Are you saying that if the pictures were featured in ANY OTHER month, that would make up for everything? Because I'm not being funny, that's not really making much of a stand for what you believe.
If it's fishing, it's pretty poor. If you're being serious with the original post, I'm sorry, I just don't get it, nor do I see the issue
... or alternatively, an excellent month in which to feature such players, in order to remind the world that despite the very fraught history of the Israel/Palestine part of the world in the last 70 years, sport can be a mechanism through which two men from the two divided communities in that part of the world can work together, play together and be brothers in the best sense of the word. Doing that does nothing to trivialise the historical point that the creation of the state of Israel as you put it "started the brutal suppression of the indigenous Palestinian population" (and neither does it take away from the parallel historical truth that Israel's creation also provided a safe haven for one of the world's most persecuted minorities, in the immediate afternath of a Holocaust in which 6 million of them were brutally exterminated).
You, sir, have achieved what I thought virtually impossible, namely starting an NSC thread on a controversial political topic, which has (after 10 pages so far) achieved almost total unanimity in response from posters of the full range of persuasions. Hats off.
On the contrary - everybody has addressed your point. Everybody has said "what on earth has the anniversary of the Israeli state got to do with pictures in a football club calendar?" Especially true as those pictures were not chosen at random but relate to the players' birthdays.
Well?
EDIT: And you would do well to read soistes excellent post above mine and ponder on that.
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Lets cancel the month of May as it might offend someone. Actually come to think of it, I have never really liked Feb much either, can we get rid of this too please. Can you ask Paul Barber if he could remove it from next years calendar please.
BadFish
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- Oct 19, 2003
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I think we are all hoping this is your final statement.
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