Society of Black Lawyers Determined to Send Jews to Prison
- 4 October 2013 01:23247012The Society of Black Lawyers has launched a campaign to have Jews in Britain arrested for calling themselves Yeed (written Yid).
The London team of Tottenham Hotspur has many Jewish supporters, inevitably many of these speak Yiddish, and in Yiddish, Yeed (spelled Yid) means Jew.
Spurs fans take delight in calling themselves Yeed (spelled Yid), but now are told by the Political correct Metropolitan Police that they will be arrested if they persist in calling themselves Jews in Yiddish.
http://news.sky.com/story/1149949/yid-army-chant-spurs-fans-face-arrest
I am British and call myself a Brit.
Looks like the PC brigade are introducing 1984.
As far as I'm concerned, Jews In Britain have the right to call themselves Jews in Yiddish.
While I don't know who the Society of Black Lawyers are, their name leads me to think they are a political entity: not reds, not blues, not yellows (LibDems), not Greens. but somehow a party of law-makers, even though I don't recall seeing this party on an electoral campaign leaflet.
In fact, I've never voted for this party or their political correctness that appears to transcend Parliamentary authority.
Does anyone know of this conceptual party?
I am very concerned, as Jews in history have at times been arrested for being Jews, or for identifying themselves as Jews.
This obscure party is not above the Law, whoever they are it's high time someone told them that we Brits have a tradition of not thinking kindly of ethnic repression.
We don't arrest people on account of their ethnic origin.Chanters, Drums and Drones Potty Time http://youtu.be/99fMqpjnXYA
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 4 October 2013 07:43247028The chants and shouts of 'yid' and 'yid army' are found to be offensive by jewish fans when the chants are being made by non-jewish fans, and regard the word in that context as similar to the 'n' word when used about black people.
This is not persecution of the jews, it is in support of them. - Keith Sansum1
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4 October 2013 07:44247029I can see both sides here, and im sure a lot of talking will go on over the weeks to resolve the issues.
We have to be mindful that not to far away the BNP is very activeALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 4 October 2013 07:51247036The BNP have nothing to do with it, these chants pre date even the national front. A couple of mates have been going to WHL since the 60s, and the expression has been used since at least then. I watched 'comedian' David Baddiel on TV last year protesting about the use of the word 'yid' by non-jewish supporters and he said he found it to be offensive and racist and was going to campaign to have it stopped. It is nothing to do with persecuting jewish football fans, it is to try and stop the use of a word that some people find offensive.
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4 October 2013 07:53247037but the BNP would jump on such things
anyway looks like Alexander is misinformed againALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 4 October 2013 08:51247047The BNP would not jump on things like this because they allow jewish members, and have done since their inception.
- 4 October 2013 09:27247050i can remember the chant of "yid army" at white hart lane since way back, always used in an ironic way to taunt west ham supporters.
- 4 October 2013 09:36247052Surely an organisation calling itself the Society of Black Lawyers must itself be a racist group? Would I get away with setting up the Society of White ex-Bankers? Racism is not confined to the white majority.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 4 October 2013 09:46247056Well I have lived slightly closer to the Gunners than TH for many years, and there are a fair number of Tottenham fans around here too, but I have never heard that term used in a football context, its not a common term around here at all;there are others.
It is a pity that the particular anti-racist truism:"Its not the name you are called that matters, but the name you answer to." does not help here.
Nevertheless, like Nigger, Yid is just a word, as indeed is 'Fire', so much depends on context.
I have seen this issue explored once or twice on the TV, and I have taken from these discussions that things should remain as they were;unmolested by disinterested parties.Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing. - 4 October 2013 11:54247064I have often pondered on this point Peter. I believe there is also an organisation for black women lawyers. Should I take offence if HiD refers to me as "The Mad Paddy" when I am in a strop?
- 4 October 2013 12:05247067i dislike all forms of seperatism it breeds a siege mentality.
i can remember back in the banner waving, lapel badge days of politics robin day introducing a left wing woman panellist by describing her as a black disabled lesbian and detailing the grants she was entitled to.
she saw the funny side of it. - 4 October 2013 12:3224707210, no Carole, just kick him in the goolies.I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
- 4 October 2013 12:33247073I frequently do
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4 October 2013 13:56247081dose this count,but you have to smile about it though.
- 4 October 2013 15:28247090So who are this "society of black lawyers"?
Me thinking it was an illuminati group trying to have a football club outlawed because its supporters are mainly Jews and call themselves Yid (pronounced Yeed) because of their Yiddish connections where Yeed (spelled Yid) means Jew.
I've heard of the Black Friars, who wear black robes.
Does this obscure society of lawyers get its name from its robes, or from some more obscure aims?
Can anyone illuminate?.... oops
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Kent First http://youtu.be/04F3mAP3fV4 Keep banging on http://youtu.be/qYCU_SKmkGQ - 4 October 2013 15:32247092just a minor point alex, you will find that very few jews nowadays are fluent in yiddish, it started dying out in the 60's.
if you speak to anyone under the age of 40 they mostly know the slang and swear words. - Keith Sansum1
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4 October 2013 16:20247094always good to get an understanding of the actual reasons for the police acting alexanderALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - Jan Higgins
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4 October 2013 18:18247118Listening to the radio the other day where this topic was being discussed feelings were running very high with one Jewish participant who refused to use the word as a result I vowed never to use the Y word again. His feelings were as strong as a black man feels about using the N word which is another word I no longer used.
This is something Alexander and others might like to consider in the future, I am not being politically correct just mindful of others feelings.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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4 October 2013 18:19247119exactly right jan
i agree with youALL POSTS ARE MY OWN PERSONAL VIEWS - 4 October 2013 18:37247123it is only black people the use the "n" word, anyone that knows caribbean people reasonably well will be aware of their strong sense of humour and love of irony.