Skashion said:
Damocles said:
We handed out a warning for it once when somebody used it in an anti-Semitic way so now that's that floodgate opened and it will be warned every single time anybody mentions it
Anti-Semitism is treated more seriously than other forms of racism in a lot of places.
Not on here it isn't.
I actually welcome the chance to comment outside the Mod Forum as it gives me a chance to make something clear once and for all. Use the words "paki' or '******' in the wrong context and you'd rightly be off here like a shot. It's hard to hide blatant racism over the colour of someone's skin but easy to hide behind certain words or phrases and be anti-semitic, while claiming you aren't.
The phrase "Jewish owned media" or an equivalent is an inherently anti-semitic comment (although I accept it may be unconsciously used in some cases) because (a) it's simply not true and (b) implies that any Jew hates any Arab/Muslim, which is not the case. The people who use it never justify it with facts.
For the record, the only national newspapers in the UK owned by someone who was born into a Jewish family are The Star and the Express, owned by Richard Desmond.
The Times & The Sun, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Mail, The Express and The Mirror are all owned by public companies or non-Jewish individuals. ITV, Sky & the BBC are also in this category.
It is a common claim on blatantly anti-semitic websites that Murdoch is Jewish through his maternal line but it's been conclusively proven that the great-great-grandmother in question was baptised as a baby.
