But any excuse to attack the Jewish people turns any sensitive or humanitarian statement he's ever sung...into a shallow fucking lie.
I've amended my post here, which ranted quite a bit more severely on Roger. Why? Because of his "open letter" on his website.
He says that the Jews were NOT singled out by his fabulous pig: "I should point out that in the show, I also use the Crucifix, the Crescent and Star, the Hammer and Sickle, the Shell Oil Logo and The McDonald’s Sign, a Dollar Sign and a Mercedes sign."
He also insists he is NOT and can NOT possible be antiSemitic:
"I have many very close Jewish friends, one of whom, interestingly enough, is the nephew of the late Simon Wiesenthal. I am proud of that association; Simon Wiesenthal was a great man. Also I have two grandsons who, I love more than life itself, their Mother, my daughter in law, is Jewish and so, in consequence, I’m told, are they."
And he makes a point that his dear old Dad died "fighting the Nazis....I received the most thorough education on the subject of Nazism and where I was spared no horrific detail of the heinous crimes committed in the name of that most foul ideology."
And lastly, in the course of what I find to be a kind of fey, self-indulgent and smug "open letter," he defends himself against the charge of being pro-Palestinian and not anti-Jew, by declaring:
"Like it or not, the Star of David represents Israel and its policies and is legitimately subject to any and all forms of non violent protest. To peacefully protest against Israel’s racist domestic and foreign policies is NOT ANTISEMITIC."
I don't like it. Not a bit, Roger.
"Peaceful protest" can turn VIOLENT quickly. As a rock "star" you might be able to think of a few concerts where people got killed? Where violence flared? Where somebody on stage was attacked? Where somebody in the audience died?
PS, I really feel sorry that "as a consequence" of being born of a Jewish mother, your two grandsons are going to forever be tainted as "Jewish," and, with so many ignorant Pink Floyd fans in the world, and so many Arab terrorists, their chances of a long happy life just MIGHT not be the same as Christian boys.
Get your head out of your bony 69 year-old ass. Who blew up the World Trade Center and massacred citizens in Boston? Why did embassies all over the world shut their doors over the weekend? What race is condoning savage gang rape on women all over the world, beheading people for no reason, and encouraging suicide bombing and intolerance? Why are there some British citizens with burned faces because they wanted to get on a bus or a subway on a July day in 2005? Need I go on?
It's not the JEWS who are the problem in this world. It's not ISRAEL.
If you and your Jew hating Pink Floyd-loving pals got their wish and Israel was blown off the map, you know what would happen? The Middle East would become even more of a powerful and isolated region of hate...all of it aimed at YOU and ME...at the UK and the USA.
Without Israel, a place where we can safely monitor so much of the psychotic Arab hatred of the West, they can build their weapons of mass destruction, create a no-fly zone stretching for thousands of miles to pick off ANY planes from ANY countries they don't like...and hasten World War III.
The sad truth, Roger, is that while YOU may comfortably declare you're not anti-Semitic because you've got some grandsonny boys that you send prezzies to, most of your fans are dumbass drugged-up morons, and all they see is "Roger hates Jews, and we do, too," and "if Roger hates Israel, we do too!"
Do not underestimate the lack of logic when it comes to anti-Semites. They can cheer a headline about a synagogue being blown up, even while head-banging to KISS (Gene and Paul being Jewish), David Lee Roth, Adam Levine, Beastie Boys, Lou Reed and dozens of others. They'll make life hell for a Jewish neighbor while jerking off to Natalie Portman photos. They'll giggle and e-mail pictures of concentration camp victims and then go chuckle at Three Stooges movies. They'll bad mouth a Jew and say "thank you" a moment later to their Jewish lawyer or dentist or accountant...and not think twice about it. An anti-semite will hoist a pint and say "Blow Israel off the Map" and not think twice that he wouldn't be able to drink that beer if he hadn't been saved by that Jewish doctor.
Think about how "intelligent" the people of Germany were. People of all ages. Yet they became a crazed mob eager to follow Hitler in exterminating anyone Jewish.
Kill every Jew on the planet Roger, and you think you'll have peace? NO, because Arabs will still be around, and they blow each other up over their very minor differences...and will blow up anyone they perceive is on the wrong side. Same thing going on in Africa. And elsewhere. Pick the wrong tribe, trade with the wrong leader...and BANG...terrorists come and get you.
When was the last time you saw a headline about Jewish terrorists, Roger?
Jews, unlike Arabs, don't even go after each other. Orthodox Jews do not kill Conservative Jews. Conservative Jews don't war against Reformed Jews. Jews who identify with the religion culturally do not war with ones who believe in Judaism fundamentally. Even in crazy Israel, you don't find that kind of shit. But it's all over the Arab lands...every day they're blowing themselves up as well as US over petty stupid shit!
Jews do not circumcise WOMEN, Roger. Jewish charities such as Chabad don't just provide aid to Jews. Jews don't proselytize. Jews don't believe in Inquisition. Jews are not keeping your rock colleagues Pussy Riot in jail. Jews are not pointing loopholes in the Old Testament that justify suicide bombing and blowing the legs off people watching a parade or taking a bus to work.
DO I need to go on, Roger?
I am not, NOT going to defend Israel in absolute terms. Except to say there should BE an Israel, which is something the Arabs do not believe.
I believe that the sun beats down and boils the brains of EVERYONE in the Middle East. You can easily grab a dozen schmucks from that region, put them in a line-up, and it would be damn difficult to tell for sure who are the Arabs and who are the Jews. A lot of people thought Danny Thomas was Jewish. He was Lebanese.
But generally speaking, Israel is hardly Egypt. Iran. Iraq. Meaning, a white female reporter covering a story in Israel is not likely to find a dozen male fingers, and a lot of foreign objects, shoved up her vagina while she's stripped and carried away.
It's way too easy and way too dangerous to scapegoat people, especially Jews. As Tom Lehrer (Jewish) sang, in the punchline to his song on the hypocrisy of "National Brotherhood Week," "...and everybody hates the Jews."
Fearing Radical Muslim is what seems to make hating Jews the easiest (if the most cowardly) alternative.
NATURALLY, the comments section on Roger's site absolutely reeks of smug and condescending huzzahs for the great Mr. Waters. We're told that if you don't understand Roger Waters' views...why, don't go to his concerts! Simple enough. Like, if you don't like Hitler's speeches, don't listen. And certainly, if you don't like suicide bombing and the rhetoric of Al Qaeda, why, just go to the Boston Marathon and watch runners go by, and mind your own business.
"Bravo Roger..." if you like Pink Floyd music, anything the man says is "intelligent."
And most certainly, if the great ROGER WATERS says that Israel is shit and Palestine is great, why, 'GAME SET AND MATCH.'
Roger, don't you know by now that "fan" is short for "Fanatic?" You're so fucking proud of how many of your idiot "fans' rushed to leave you a "nice" comment? Great, they all want to kiss your skeletal fingers after you so wittily tossed off all charges against yourself. They all think that because a millionaire rants about "THE WALL," that solves everything. Ooh yeah, go to a rock concert, watch some old bastard sing about "The Wall," and that's GAME SET AND MATCH. And if it isn't, why that's because the Palestinians aren't getting everything they want. And Israel hasn't been blow off the planet yet.
Fucking moron, when did you hear a Jewish leader declare that an Arab country should be blown off the planet? But at the United Nations, Arabs can declare that Jews should be DEAD.
About 30 years ago, I bought a remainder copy of "Atom Heart Mother" for about $2.99. The Pink Floyd promos I got over the years...YOUR stuff...I tossed in the trash or traded in.
I am so PROUD to say that in 30 years I have not spent ONE FUCKING PENNY on YOUR SHIT music....and that I have instead donated HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS to Rabbi Cooper and his charities.
Your "open letter" is not going to be read by the mobs who attended that Pink Floyd concert, or the people who, rightly or wrongly, will read about that show and come away figuring, great, Pink Floyd hates Jews...I can scapegoat them too...Arab terrorism is ALL the fault of JEWS...
Blame Israel for everything.
BLAME THE JEWS. If it was good enough for Hitler, it's good enough for ROGER WATERS.
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