I think the last several posts proved my point, by failing to address any of the following issues or statements:
* Israeli occupation of the West Bank & Gaza Strip
* Should the Israeli Embassy be lobbying domestic English political decisions, let alone those of private labor associations?
* Although "The Paris-based Simon Wiesenthal Center has also weighed into the debate, declaring that such a ban would violate the anti-discrimination provisions of the European Union", has anyone attempted to measure the equal application of such provision to other ethnic groups?
* The article stated that "The center's Dr. Shimon Samuels has written to BMU secretary-general John Smith, saying that 'the exclusion of musicians based upon religious, ethnic, or national grounds harks back to Nazi Germany. Thus, even considering such a motion would betray British history and the open international traditions of trade unionism.", ; however, was it not the trade unions that were used for various forms of subversion in the U.K. and elsewhere?
* It went on to say that he noted that "musical talent should know no borders nor nationality,' and he called on the union 'to reject all attempts to politicize the one gift that transcends conflict."
* The Guardian, a left-leaning London-based daily, last year described the 109-year-old musicians union as "a left-wing, doctrinaire organization as secretive and tight-lipped as the KGB."
For the record, I doubt that I will retire to the faculty dining room; however, I will return to the school of hard knocks.
Please enjoy and return to the very essence of The Free Republic or are those later day free republic posters just a bunch of "Commie Free Riders" on this public forum?
Marc M. Harris