tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post6148814950473593520..comments2024-03-16T00:26:41.051-04:00Comments on Scaramouche: Hitch's Poison Penscaramouchehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-70428381917822933412010-12-14T16:44:35.494-05:002010-12-14T16:44:35.494-05:00I'm not sure what you mean by "the way he...I'm not sure what you mean by "the way he said it." Here's the quote from NP. <br /><br />"...<br />and the religiously orthodox Shas Party, under the spiritual leadership of deranged Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. “Fringe” though they might be, members of such groups hold key ministries, including the ones that dominate the “settlement” process. Since I last wrote about him, Rabbi Yosef has again been to the fore, blaming the calamitous forest fires in northern Israel on the failure of Jews to observe the Sabbath in the proper way. And the country’s interior minister, a Shas member named Eli Yishai, has rejected offers of fire-fighting equipment from Christian organizations, lest they use the opportunity to seduce Jews away to the worship of the Nazarene."Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02311591536082413101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-70753976043163501502010-12-14T16:21:32.725-05:002010-12-14T16:21:32.725-05:00It's not what he said it's the way he said...It's not what he said it's the way he said it.scaramouchehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380374512378209528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6573533210099052368.post-60483896559279294712010-12-14T16:14:25.476-05:002010-12-14T16:14:25.476-05:00Hitchens may be a lot of things but he's not w...Hitchens may be a lot of things but he's not wrong about Yosef.<br /><br />Yosef being just the crazy flip side of those Penguins we keep seeing at anti-Israel protests.<br /><br />He and his adherents are a nasty piece of work, indeed, and counter to any normal person's notion of modern day Judaism.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02311591536082413101noreply@blogger.com