tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post1095997761267074612..comments2024-03-29T09:25:08.645-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: The Star Wars effect on IsraelNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-24174607390126388822015-12-29T16:15:00.089-06:002015-12-29T16:15:00.089-06:00Thank you, Sanford, for stating the obvious. The a...Thank you, Sanford, for stating the obvious. The american media seems largely PRO-Israel to me. We rarely hear about the Israeli peace movement from mainstream US media sources. The constant expansion of Israeli settlements has nothing to do with Israel "defending itself." I am concerned when anyone who dares criticize the Israeli government is branded as anti-Semitic. Maybe you need to actually talk to some of the folks in Israel who strongly agree with me. (And please don't dismiss them as "self-hating Jews") Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11282399563068027925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76444867319194222382015-12-29T09:25:04.924-06:002015-12-29T09:25:04.924-06:00There are plenty of jewish people that do not like...There are plenty of jewish people that do not like what government of Israel is doing.sanfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06580867647162091670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-28730423571505355302015-12-29T09:20:12.586-06:002015-12-29T09:20:12.586-06:00Ah, but Star Wars still holds up. There's many...Ah, but Star Wars still holds up. There's many shows and movies that I look back at and wonder what I was liking about them, but not Star Wars. I was hooked from the start of that brass overture and the crawl. It's what I like to call bubble gum for the brain, not everything has to be deep and meaningful. NikkiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226032148784322997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-35888434758224518522015-12-29T08:51:38.963-06:002015-12-29T08:51:38.963-06:00Four is not the age of discernment. I loved "...Four is not the age of discernment. I loved "Hercules" cartoons when I was 4. When YouTube started, I watched one again, and was aghast at what poorly-wrought crap they were. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-8923037602796682942015-12-29T08:25:05.270-06:002015-12-29T08:25:05.270-06:00That must be the big difference between seeing Sta...That must be the big difference between seeing Star Wars for the first time at 4 as opposed to 17. I've always loved those movies, and now my kids are big fans also. I even call them my young padawans. Israel as Darth Vader never occurred to me, I guess I saw the movies as they are, space opera popcorn flicks. NikkiDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15226032148784322997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-74135132184359873332015-12-29T07:30:59.892-06:002015-12-29T07:30:59.892-06:00It's the media and certain types of thinking t...It's the media and certain types of thinking that make Israel trying to defend itself, into the bad guy.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-54140404414559219232015-12-29T04:04:07.775-06:002015-12-29T04:04:07.775-06:00Did you ever watch Star Trek? Specifically the DS-...Did you ever watch Star Trek? Specifically the DS-9 spinoff?<br />It was intensely, but covertly anti-Semitic.<br />The Ferengi were the Jews as imagined by Julius Stuermer.<br />They were ugly, had gigantic ears, instead of noses, loved only money, had 99 rules on how they could cheat the non-Ferengi & had an obsession for non-Ferengi women.Clark St.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09634234069783123180noreply@blogger.com