tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post8330764663412842409..comments2024-03-18T09:18:57.616+00:00Comments on Howard Cooper's Blog: Has Israel Become Morally Bankrupt?Howard Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07499147712266456601noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post-11997073723299293632011-02-27T18:25:44.200+00:002011-02-27T18:25:44.200+00:00Howard
Like many of our intellectual leaders, Howa...Howard<br />Like many of our intellectual leaders, Howard, you seem bitterly disappointed by a world which simply won't say 'let bygones be bygones'. This was the disappointment which motivated CND and the Peace Pledge Union. If either had succeeded entirely, war was assured, one the West would have lost(disarming in the face of overwhelming force is mistaken).<br /><br />Similarly, when you are presented with (agreed, damnable) evidence of deception and power play you see only one aggressor. In fact there are two, as the video makes horribly clear. (No excuse for insults, thesteetman.) <br /><br />Israel is undoubtedly not the great moral leader today. (Neither is Britain.) But with its open democracy, media and borders, in comparison with what surrounds it, it's the best. Imagine being gay in Iran! Err..<br /><br />..don't bother. Iran doesn't have any gays. Not anymore.Kolnainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post-4631248642149947072011-02-27T14:21:34.379+00:002011-02-27T14:21:34.379+00:00Has Israel become morally bankrupt? No, of course...Has Israel become morally bankrupt? No, of course not. However, those who want to find "evidence" to support such an absurd hypothesis will easily find it in this transparently feeble attack on Israel and the PA by Al Jazeera and The Guardian (no surprises there). I'm rather surprised, Rabbi Cooper, that you fell for it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post-52893969983431244332011-02-25T21:03:39.218+00:002011-02-25T21:03:39.218+00:00I suggest that you call yourself Imam Cooper. Some...I suggest that you call yourself Imam Cooper. Somehow Rabbi doesn't seem to fit with your teachings. If I wanted to be nasty, I'd call you a morally depraved traitor, but I'm in a good mood today, so I won't.tpaullnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post-58387684000894831242011-02-23T13:08:53.930+00:002011-02-23T13:08:53.930+00:00Cooper, or Kapo?
Watch this, you prick.
http://w...Cooper, or Kapo?<br /><br />Watch this, you prick.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=du5emnvGgvgthestreetmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15428976494420763886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post-32948902317046939972011-02-20T22:00:51.812+00:002011-02-20T22:00:51.812+00:00Haim, you are too polite.
Howie, you are morally ...Haim, you are too polite.<br /><br />Howie, you are morally bankrupt. How you dare call yourself a rabbi is beyond me.<br /><br />Quoting Freedland as a credible source indicates your failure to research and understand the subject. You might as well quote Yusuf al-Qaradawi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post-85784582532909211592011-02-20T15:03:11.683+00:002011-02-20T15:03:11.683+00:00Dear Rabbi Cooper,
I came across your blog via t...Dear Rabbi Cooper, <br /><br />I came across your blog via the Comment is Free article you wrote about why we should be filled with Hope by the events in Egypt. Both in that article and this, I agree with the vast majority of what you have to say and commend you on it and hope that you continue to write such rousing pieces. <br /><br />As an Israeli who moved here from England, however, I would suggest a slightly different approach. I understand that you see yourself as having an internal conversation within the Jewish people about Israel's actions - one in which you are entitled to use the Jewish tradition to show us how badly we are doing (and no question we are doing badly). But I assure you of two things - Israelis do not consider Jews who live outside of Israel as part of their inner circle, but rather as outsiders, and the Guardian Newspaper is considered as inimical to the interests of the Jewish people (for right or wrong). As such, while I 100% agree with your message, I fear that it will be misheard. When you tell other Jews that they should hear the voice of Moses in the Egyptian revolution - that is a powerful message, which should resonate with us. When you say it on the Guardian website, it comes across as an attack. <br /><br />I hope you don't take this the wrong way - as I said, I very much liked your articles, but fear that you will only receive over-defensive responses because of your choice to publish them via Comment is Free.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />Haim Shalom<br /><br />P.S - say hi to Zoe for me.Haim Shalomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post-1706298627408197592011-02-04T09:53:48.483+00:002011-02-04T09:53:48.483+00:00no howard cooper is intellectually bankrupt confus...no howard cooper is intellectually bankrupt confusing the government for the time being of the political entity that is the state of israel with the law of moses and the jewish people. category confusion like a rabbi and a psychotherapist. and anyway as neither is qualified to lecture on the universal declaration of human rightsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8457067560968597598.post-84884441464174308882011-01-28T15:08:09.071+00:002011-01-28T15:08:09.071+00:00Rock On Howard! ... say it louder... and I will ke...Rock On Howard! ... say it louder... and I will keep saying it too - momonoreply@blogger.com