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One man’s pain

Not Norman — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:44:15 +0000

Norman Geras attempts to show compassion for the Palestinians and fails obviously. The agony of the war burst into Israeli homes last night as Izz el-Deen Aboul Aish, a Palestinian doctor popular on Israeli television, delivered his regular report through tears, telling Channel 10 that three of his daughters and a niece had been killed after [...]

Their war and ours

Not Norman — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:08:26 +0000

Norman can’t get enough T.W.O.T. Further criticism of the foreign secretary regarding the phrase ‘war on terror’ – from Richard Beeston: On substance his argument is flawed. As Osama bin Laden made clear in his statement this week, the al-Qaeda leader, his No 2 and his global organisation are alive and well. Bar some inauguration surprise, the [...]

Being diplomatic

Not Norman — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:14:51 +0000

Norman doesn’t want Israel to negotiate with the enemy she has but to wait till she has the enemy she wants. Sir Jeremy Greenstock is entitled to think, and to argue, that Hamas should not be treated as ‘beyond the pale’ when it comes to ceasefire and peace talks. As an experienced diplomat, however, he should [...]

Ceasefire?

Not Norman — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:00:52 +0000

Norman is still concerned. Norman is still concerned about Gaza although not apparently concerned enough to make any mention of the Palestinian victims to date. More reading links on Gaza… > There’s analysis in Haaretz to the effect that the Egyptian truce proposal, which Hamas is now willing to accept, is ‘a kind of surrender agreement’ and ‘mostly [...]

A good president

Not Norman — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:32:11 +0000

Norman loves Bush. This, argues Andrew Roberts, is what George W. Bush has been. I can hear the massed ranks of all those laughing heartily and all those vomiting into their shoes. Because Bush saw off Saddam Hussein and his regime, and dislodged the Taliban from government in Afghanistan, I give Roberts’s argument an outing here. [...]

Apt phrase for a justified war

Not Norman — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 06:16:20 +0000

Norman loves T.W.O.T. Product naming is a really big money spinner these days so I’ve been kicking a few ideas around. I think Thalidomide would be a great name for a sedative, Hindenburg would a brilliant name for an airplane and last but not least there’s Titantic which has a lovely nautical ring to it, perfect [...] Related posts:

Their war and ours

Poetry even after Auschwitz

Not Norman — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 05:18:25 +0000

Norman wants poetry even whilst Gaza burns. Ben Macintyre proposes what I take to be a novel interpretation of a famous remark: The German writer T.W. Adorno once declared: “To write poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.” What he meant, I believe, is that art simplifies and reduces history that is messy, ugly and often unsatisfying. I very much [...]

‘Not to give in to darkness’

Not Norman — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:30:42 +0000

Norman and the moral highground. Further to this, here’s a story of courage against moral barbarity. One morning two months ago, Shamsia Husseini and her sister were walking through the muddy streets to the local girls school when a man pulled alongside them on a motorcycle and posed what seemed like an ordinary question. “Are you going to [...] Related posts:

One man’s pain

Let’s have a party

Not Norman — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 20:25:23 +0000

Norman Geras continues The War Against The Guardian. The Guardian publishes pro-Palestinian pieces which clearly makes them self-hating-Judeo-Islamo-fascist-liberal anti-semites. The fact that they print just as many if not more pro-Israeli articles is surely just a ruse to cover their tracks. Thankfully, Professor Norman, an intellectual titan of our times, is on their case. Today, eagle-eyed [...]

Waiting on Obama

Not Norman — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:20:52 +0000

Norm clutches at straw. Norman wonders whether President Obama and his new administration will be pro-Zionist or pro-Zionist. Warning: If you try this at home, Norman will shriek hysterically that you are a self-hating-Judeo-Islamo-fascist-liberal anti-semite. Straws in the wind? This one: Senior British sources say that although the new president is expected to make a decisive break with the [...]