One Year Ago Today...
...I posted this:
"...today some sad protestors at the ASB Tennis Classic in Auckland - protesting professional tennis player Israeli Shahar Peer's involvement - Global Peace and Justice aka John Minto, parading the so-called "developing international consensus" for a sport boycott - which right now doesn't exist so GPJ are on a limb with this one - local influence being leveraged by international tragedy through unilateral action not yet justified by international consensus - there may be a place for boycotts through sport but you do it with the accountability of international consensus when the protection of one group's rights involves the infringement of another person's rights - the sacrifice of one person's rights ostensibly for the rights of others."
6 comments:
This Minto guy strikes me as the used-car salesman of protesting.
Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!
The protest is just worthless show-boating and says nothing... and heck, I'm hugely sympathetic to the plight of the Palestinians.
Protesting against a sports star who served in the Israeli military as everyone legally has to at a certain age doesn't help the Palestinians, it just serves the conscience of the protesters who are achieving nothing except some media coverage that offers no education on the issue.
Rhett - an apt image - selling the same car!
Anonymous - I think my old posts are better than my new ones - did you have any examples in mind?
Frank - part of the problem with protest in our society is that it is a legitimate form of expression (within the boundaries of nuisance) - to me that actually marginalises the effectiveness of some protest - "you have the right to your point of view, now we can ignore it." All that this has done in terms of education has created a negative association between the Palestinian side of the conflict and the divisive Mr Minto.
ll that this has done in terms of education has created a negative association between the Palestinian side of the conflict and the divisive Mr Minto.
Sad but too true. I wish people would think this stuff through rather than just trying to grab a headline.
If it was an Israeli ambassador/politician or army general then I'd say go for it. That would frame the issue a whole lot better.
But what was really cool was that she did pretty well in the tournament!
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