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Scotland: Glasgow districts boycott Israeli books
Yaniv Halily
Published: 24.05.11, 10:13
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1. Bloody 'ell!!! The bostards!!! We'll boycott single mal....
Brian Cohen ,   Judean Peoples Front   (05.24.11)
...no we won't. You think we'd stoop to the same low as these Scottish neanderthals and have a counter-boycott against scotch? Book banning, huh? Maybe they're hoping to win the bid to be the backdrop for the remake of Fahrenheit 451....?
2. Antisemitic trend of the UK, Scotland and Ireland.
Len ,   Australia   (05.24.11)
This a a trend in those parts of the world where Antisemitism is rampant. No wonder these countries are going down the tube. Israel should now mark everything that they invent or develop even for third party manufacturers who use Israeli technology for eg: Computers, cellphones, imaging machines, desalination plants machinery, solar power etc, and see if these people will really stop using them. Books are easy to boycott but let them boycott other essential things and see how committed they are.
3. Banning Israeli books and not Syrian or Libyan
Jerom   (05.24.11)
Or various other African, Middle Eastern or Asian books where massacres are still going on. This is plain stupid, but I almost forgot they released the Pan Am terrorist just like that, so it does make sense in a way.
4. israeli product ban
micah ,   brooklyn usa   (05.24.11)
well i guess you know where the scottish bigots are now
5. Hmmm
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.24.11)
Are they planning to boycott the Old Testament? That's Israeli, too.
6. if you boycott do a GOOD job
Moshe ,   Beit Shemesh, Israel   (05.24.11)
don't forget cell phones, computers, cancer meds, ESPECIALLY the cancer meds. Boycotting is not just about oranges !!! Also, instead of boycotting, you may just want to make consumers 'aware' - in this case, might I suggest marking Israeli products with a yellow star of David ??
7. F**k 'em!
Talula ,   Israel   (05.24.11)
8. I'm boycotting Scottish books
R ,   Israel   (05.24.11)
Can't think of any offhand - are there any?
9. Amos Oz asked for this when he backed boycotts
Eric ,   Tel Aviv & NY   (05.24.11)
10. Boycott our books?
IlanaB   (05.24.11)
but you can buy Mein Kempf? Why not boycott other Israeli things? Like Jesus.
11. Stupid Country!
Susie ,   Scotland   (05.24.11)
I am Scottish and embarrassed with my country! The problem is during the past 10 years the SNP has allowed too many Muslims into this country, similar to what has happened all over Europe. Today I will go and buy a few books by Israeli authors its the only way to fight these boycotts.
12. Haha, they should ban the Bible too!
Rabbi Reuven Carmel ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (05.24.11)
After all, even the ones not actually printed here contain all kinds of Zionist Propaganda.
13. Banned Israeli Books
Moragh   (05.24.11)
I'm surprised! Being a born Scot I disown these troublesome people. I hope the Jewish people will simply ignore them. They are not worth getting angry about. Not all Scots are good people, and Glaswegians in particular. It depends on their upbringing!
14. Boycott
Aryeh ,   Kfar Saba,Israel   (05.24.11)
I stopped buying scotch years ago. Canadian products are better anyway....... Boycotts are a double edged sword.
15. Wow the Scots are as dumb as the Arabs
(05.24.11)
To whomever decided on this stupid action : For your information, Israeli authors are mostly lefties - meaning all for 2 states solution, and also the themes of their books usually have nothing to do with the Arab Israeli boycott. So by boycotting them you are actually punishing the Israelis whose views you'd probably like. Way to go genius!
16. a lesson for Amoz Oz & other lefties and apaisers....
tiki ,   belgium   (05.24.11)
It doesn't matter if you are Left or Right, You are ISRAELI, and that's enough for "FREE SPEECH--- SCOTTISH STYLE". (don't worry, others will follow this 'brilliant idea). In many minds, 'free speech is for everybody exept Israeli's. The Scotts care for the 'Pallies as much as they care for the English. It's pure Jew hate!
17. Israel should also ban Amos Oz's fairy tales & nonsense
(05.24.11)
An ignorant about his Jewish heritage, a Leftist anti-Semitic self-hating Jews and a Hamas appeaser.
18. I thought scotland is part of the UK
ghostq   (05.24.11)
not so united I reckon, anyway this isn't suprising, people don't believe me when I tell them I talked to British Neu Nazi, claiming the holocaust never existed, I think that is just another mile stone in British bloody history, after 1000 years of British prosecutions, jews also lived in getos in united kingdome, only 100 years ago jews were allowed to live any where they want around the kingdom, and no it got no connection to Muslim Immigrants, 1000 years of embeded antisemitism is allot.
19. Great literary works from Syria and Libya
JK ,   LA, USA   (05.24.11)
come to think of it, can anybody name a great piece of literature originating in modern Syria or Libya or Iran??? So let them enjoy mediocrity. Scotts already enjoy reputation of being stngy with money. This action shows stinginess of brains.
20. Ban the Bible too
la cumparsita ,   londonistan UK   (05.24.11)
That's an Israeli book. And long may the volcanic ash cloud cover Scotland.
21. #2. Australias no better, lucky we have Caulfield
(05.24.11)
22. So.. they're boycotting Israel's left ?! Hahaha :)))
Joe   (05.24.11)
23. Retribution from abroad
Annette ,   USA   (05.24.11)
Perhaps the ash cloud over Scotland is the Divine retort to their silly boycott!
24. yes i love scottish salad
rashid ,   palistinian   (05.24.11)
better known as chips believe me that is why life expectancy in scotland is 45 years i love scotland and also a hand shake in scotland is a headbutt no really believe me scotland have so much to contribute to humanity almost as much as us arabs
25. Boycots
Daniel ,   Netherlands   (05.24.11)
I was considering going to Scotland this summer on holidays, consider yourself boycotted dear scots. Same to Norway, Ireland Portugal Sweden. Please check the tags of any product if it comes from those places and spit on them
26. to #20 they don't attend church anymore
ghostq   (05.24.11)
all the churches around the UK turned to museums, especially in scotland.
27. To: No. 8
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (05.24.11)
Not too many worth remembering. J. M. Barrie (Peter Pan) and Robert Louis Stevenson (Kidnapped, A Child's Garden of Verses). Robert Burns, Arthur Conan Doyle, James Boswell ....
28. I am boycotting Scottich books
Robert J Owen ,   London   (05.24.11)
The one I will boycott is the great salad recipes of Scotland, well....the book has only one page and it is for making chips......
29. Ummm, ok...should we care?
Adam ,   Golan Heights Israel   (05.24.11)
The only ones to lose from this, are Scots. I cannot think of anything of value that Scotland contributes to the world, or Israel (aside from Scotch.) That said, I went off Scotch ages ago, and now only drink Bourbon. Seems Scotland is busy being conquered AGAIN! This time by the muslim hordes. How many times has that little patch of fog and snow been conquered anyway? Vikings, English, and now muslims...did I miss any?
30. ban scottish books?
observer   (05.24.11)
Well, after a search, the last Scot I could find who wrote anything vaguely interesting was Robbie Burns. But that was a loooong time ago.
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