Sunday, February 1, 2009
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
Philosemitism: Icelandic protest: bicycle shop 'Jews are not welcome' - 'Some in Iceland [320,000 inhabitants] don't like Jews. Even in Iceland ..."To protest against the Israeli operation in Gaza and show solidarity with Hamas, a bicycle shop in Reykjavik, capital of Iceland shows a poster reading "Jews are not welcome". According to an Icelandic source, the word used 'Judar' has a negative tone in the local language whereas 'Gyndingur' is the correct neutral word."...'
Curious as to how the shop owner would know. I'd go in just to see how he'd react if I said I was a Jew and I wanted a bike.
Here's hoping the rest of the folk of Iceland decline to purchase anything from him as well.