Friday, August 10, 2007

Anti-Semitism...alive and well.



Ah yes, Big Brother. The Norwegian social experiment/reality show that's managed to lure half the Western World into watching it and annoy the other half that it's on. The American Big Brother featured a Las Vegas waitress complaining about Jews being selfish, money-grubbing and that they can be identified by their last names and long noses. Whilst this is no surprise, anti-semitism has been on the rise it's ironic that this waitress is against Jews, seeing as it was Jewish gangsters who made it possible for her to have a job (thank you Bugsy Siegel).
The girl's claims of Anti-semitism are a regrettable truth that only 60 years since the end of the Holocaust there have been reports of 'new waves' of hatred against Jews, most notably in Britain and East-European countries. The tireless efforts of worldwide diaspora communities appear to be failing when it comes to promoting education about Jews and Israeli foreign policy.
Whilst the rise of anti-Semitism should surprise no one it is CBS's extraordinary lack of judgment that allowed this to air in the first place. Despite disclaimers throughout the credits there are laws and censors that mediate these programs. It seems that there were failures on the part of the censors, the government and the station. However the biggest failure was the ignorance and stupidity of a Las Vegas waitress.

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