Comments on: The hater in the sky / By Eli Valley

By: samuel welsh

samuel welsh — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:18:21 +0000

messed up crap

By: Simon Raban

Simon Raban — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:14:42 +0000

There is no difference between this cartoon and Nazi cartoons of Jews, or the cartoons that Arabs publish in their press to have their people hate Jews. This cartoon portrays lies and falsehoods about Israel and its leader. What is really a shame that this was done by a Jew.

By: Archie - Stamme, not Bunker

Archie - Stamme, not Bunker — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:03:41 +0000

Pretty sick. The cartoonist obviously has lost contact with reality, is paranoically afraid. The cartoonist should see a doctor. Perhaps a psychiatrist.

By: Natan Brill

Natan Brill — Fri, 18 May 2012 03:25:47 +0000

Agreed Miranda. Too bad 972 has double standards on the issue.

By: Laughing Aloud

Laughing Aloud — Fri, 18 May 2012 00:26:30 +0000

Eli Valley, you are one of the greatest satirists of our time. I was rolling on the floor laughing. Spot on!!

By: Mirna Miranda

Mirna Miranda — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:04:51 +0000

This is what I call Absolute Freedom of Expression! Fair play in a true democracy! What now? How else can you depict the actual raping of America by Israel and its insane Lobby AIPAC? America is still a democracy…or is it? Oh, the “New Brand of Democracy”…according to Bibi! Go Eli Valley!

By: Natan Brill

Natan Brill — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:20:37 +0000

JDE — Usually when someone stoops to ad hominems anonymously, it’s more revealing about his psyche than anyone else’s. I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re actually someone directly involved here.

To the point:
(1) 972 ran an entire series on the issue of depictions of rape to prove a political point. Suddenly, it’s not interesting?
(2) How much energy is required to relay a question to an anonymous author (assuming he exists and/or the editors know who he is)?

Therefore, I repeat:
972′s refusal to address the double standard regarding depictions of sexual violence is intellectually dishonest, cowardly and shameful.
The refusal to relay a question to an anonymous author raises serious questions about the blog’s credibility.
It is behavior of this sort which provides ammunition for the right-wing when it claims that the left uses human rights issues to further idiosyncratic agendas

By: Rowan Berkeley

Rowan Berkeley — Thu, 17 May 2012 05:32:42 +0000

I don’t know what “the view of 976″ is, or for that matter what the view of +972 Magazine is, but fairly obviously, you can define any disagreement with any policy pursued by anyone Jewish anywhere, whether or not it reflects any authentic Jewish interest, as “antisemitic” if you want to. The cartoon, as I said, is about “the totalitarian thought control techniques used by the US zionist pressure groups.” I don’t see anything zionist about these groups except the rhetoric they use, myself; I see them as offering Israel and its inhabitants up on the altar of perpetual US war for oil, arms sales, and global domination in general.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 16 May 2012 20:16:28 +0000

Jewish leader eating and raping non-Jewish leader… that’s antisemitic, I think. If not, what is antisemitic in the view of 976?

By: Arnon Schwanzinger

Arnon Schwanzinger — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:03:42 +0000

I think I wrote a pretty non-inflammatory comment about the use of the rape motif, above.
It was not directly targeted at 972 and their policy of comment/non-comment.
a. too bad hardly anyone picked it up to start an honest (and I believe important) discussion about social norms.
b. the absurd focus on 972 policy – ie. we can sort of guess what it is, simply by what no one will say explicitly – makes me think perhaps that’s a bigger issue, after all.