Former Pink Floyd frontman sparks fury by comparing Israelis to Nazis

[go west young man]

160. The problem with the anti-semite card....

is that it has been played 10,000 times. No one takes it seriously anymore and a lot of that has to do with the people who play it, most recently.

WW2 was 75 years ago. The world has moved on but Israel is stuck in that ideological past and constantly using that excuse. Do you seriously think that just because someone says they have a friend who is of a certain stereotype they must be a bigot in that regard? Because everyone has a friend in some group or another.

Personally I think Roger waters has jumped on that particular cause because it one of the biggest paradoxes of WW2 (in which his father died.) Here you have the ancestors of the people who were a large part of the victims of the conflict using similar policies on their adversaries that the Nazi's used on their ancestors. It points out something about human nature and I think underneath it all that is his larger message. All these wars are trite petty conflicts that blossom into major destruction and suffering. Roger is very good at pointing out what really dictates who wins and loses in war. The whole "Perfect Sense" DVD is focused on the Middle East and US/Israel/Neo Con aggression in the Middle East. Listen to "The Bravery of Being Out of Range". That whole period of his music is amazing but was largely missed by his "Wall" era fan base due to the fact that a lot of them were actually cheering on the war in Iraq. He wrote a song called "Leaving Beirut" back in 2004 so this isn't just some issue he hasn't given some thought to. He also wrote a beautiful song about a girl dying in Tiananmen Square around the same time called "MY Yellow Rose" so that negates your point about why doesn't he pick on other countries.

This is Rogers quote on the Jewish people in the music industry.

“This has been a very hard sell particularly where I live in the United States of America,” he said. “The Jewish lobby is extraordinary powerful here and particularly in the industry that I work in, the music industry and in rock’n roll as they say. I promise you, naming no names, I’ve spoken to people who are terrified that if they stand shoulder to shoulder with me they are going to get f*****.”

It doesn't sound anti-Semitic in any way. It sounds like he believes a group of people have power to punish those who don't agree with them and he thinks people who feel the same way as him may be afraid to speak out in regards to the cause. That is not a far fetch or anti-Semitic notion. I'm sure if Albanian dwarves had major control over his industry and they were conducting dangerous policies that he would be calling them out to. It's in his nature. Personally I'm glad it is. It helps bring to light these issues of war and suffering and if anything pays homage to all the innocent people who died under the Nazi's.

I think posters here would do well to research Roger waters entire discography. It's astounding and he has never faltered in his conviction to expose war and injustice.