Desperate Times

April 18, 2007 |

In an article on the Jerusalem Post’s website, we find the following information about Tim Gopsill, public relations director for the National Union of Journalists in the UK:

[Gopsill said]“Who can condemn the NUJ’s boycott when the EU and USA are boycotting the Palestinians and leading to worse economic situations for those in the [PA] territories? Members’ sympathies lie with the people in Palestinian areas.”…Gopsill blamed the Palestinian economic situation for Johnston’s kidnapping. “Taking Alan Johnston [captive],” he said, “demonstrates the Palestinians’ desperate way of drawing attention to their problems.“

I imagine that the conversation could have gone on, had the gentleman been given the chance to comment on other desperate situations:

Tim Gopsill on the Holocaust
“The terrible atrocities committed by the Nazis is a clear demonstration of the horrific extent of the Jewish problem in Germany before the war and the desperation of the German people at the time.”

Tim Gopsill on the Spanish Inquisition
“You must understand what kind of desperate situation the poor Catholics of Spain found themselves in during this difficult time. True they were possibly the wealthiest nations on the planet, but were they really happy? Obviously not.”

Tim Gopsill on Slavery
“Were one to really understand the desperate misery of the white people of the world, one would not ask ‘How could they have enslaved all those innocent people?’ one would be moved to ask, ‘Was slavery really that bad?’”

Tim Gopsill on the Western conquest of the natives of North and South America
“One can only imagine the terrible situation that the oppressed peoples of the European continent found themselves in. In their awful desperation they were forced to sail thousands of miles across the ocean and spend massive amounts of money and then were compelled to decimate an entire race of people and destroy thousands of years of culture.”

I could go on, but, really, why bother?

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Alex on April 20, 2007 7:11 pm
Hi

Please consider writing news pieces or an op-ed for Jewrusalem: Israeli Uncensored News. We strive to present different views and opinions while rejecting political correctness. Ideally, we try to make the news “smart and funny.” Thus, your input is very welcome.

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Alex
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