[HedgeYourBets]

Here is the counter protest: boycott Scotch Whisky.

http://muqata.blogspot.com/p/officia...r-boycott.html

(I'm not a Scotch drinker so I can't comment on how hard this is)

[Ifroham4]

Here is the counter protest: boycott Scotch Whisky....

Don't punish innocent Scots for the foolishness of some idiots in West Dunbartonshire.

By the way, one of those idiots (James Bollan) called Hamas "freedom fighters" so he is the moral equivalent of a Nazi in my book.

A Scottish politician playing a leading role in an anti-Israel boycott says members of terror group Hamas are “freedom fighters” who are “fighting an illegal occupation of Palestine by Israel.” source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...077577,00.html

[softy54534]

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2011...n-snp-led.html

From news article:
West Dunbartonshire Council, which is in the hands of the Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) - which following its landslide victory at this months polls is the governing party in Scotland - has taken its espousal of the odious BDS movement a step further into the ordure of antisemitism by ordering public libraries under its sway to boycott any new volumes by Israeli authors, printed or published in Israel. (They are gracious enough to allow Israeli books already in stock to remain on the shelves.)

The shameful move, of course, invites painful memories of 10 May 1933, a day that lives in infamy as that upon which a Nazi mob in Berlin made a bonfire of some 25,000 works by Jewish authors.

[Beerinkol]

Pro-Boycott SNP Councillor Calls Anti-Boycott Protesters "Extremists"

http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/2011...alls-anti.html
"You think we should replace all of our computers and stop using medical services?You clearly have a screw loose somewhere. [My emphasis]
Another commenter takes aim:

".... Gaza elected the overt homophobes and anti-semites of Hamas – people who do not hide the facts and rather seem to proud of them. Why not boycott them too?"As does Modernity:
".... It is purely a gesture....But like many politicians you are oblivious to history and obviously won’t know of the historical resonance of boycotts and Jews, because if you did you probably wouldn’t go there, assuming you had an ounce of common sense.I’m pointing out as well that Israelis do many wonderful things (and yes, their government does make major mistakes), they contribute to the wealth of human knowledge, whereas you and your council come across as small-minded and unaware of the issues.Could you ask Cllr Jim Bollan if he is so aggrieved at the conduct of China in Tibet? Been going on for 60+ years.Or perhaps Cllr Bollan feels the conduct of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain deserves a boycott too?.... Please ask Cllr Bollan if he has any motions on Syria forthcoming or do you and him judge their rulers by a lower standard?"Adds somebody else:
'Perhaps you should read your own resolution - the one you voted for. It says: “This Council also recognises the disproportionate force used by the IDF in Palestine and agrees to boycott all Israeli goods as a consequence.” ....So according to that plain text of your resolution, you have to boycott all (ALL) Israeli goods – and that includes microchips. You voted for this piece of nonsense so it appears you are the one with a screw loose. Or did you not understand the implications of what you were voting for?With so much evil in the world today (from Zimbabwe to Tibet to Syria to Libya), you single out the Jewish state of Israel for a boycott. That is not anti-Zionism; it is anti-semitism."This proves all too much for the worthy Councillor McColl:
"I'm not going to comment on here any more.It’s occurred to me that by responding to these ridiculous posts from people who are clearly extremists and don’t care, let alone understand how Council’s operate, is futile and only spawns more mince from your keyboards. [My emphasis]
....

[LottiFurmann]

Why do you use the word swastika. :-S

[PhillipHer]

Australia uses dissproportionate force against smokers with cigarettes costing over $100 per carton of 200. Boycott Australia too please.

[Slonopotam845]

"It’s occurred to me that by responding to these ridiculous posts from people who are clearly extremists and don’t care, let alone understand how Council’s operate, is futile and only spawns more mince from your keyboards." - Cllr. Derpy Mac Derp.

Question them and you're an ill-informed ignorant extremist.

He sure got his ass handed to him though in Modernity's blog. Maybe it'll give him something to think about.

[Drugmachine]

Why do you use the word swastika. :-S

That is hyperbole. Mediocrates is likening them to the Nazis.
Banning of Israeli books = burning of Jewish books by Nazis.

[HedgeYourBets]

Because the SNP is no different from the Brown Shirts in Weimar Germany, that's why. First they ban books, then they burn books and then, as Heinrich Heine (Jew) noted, "where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people also."

[NeroASERCH]

For your convenience here is the e-mail addresses of all the West Dumbarton council members

Provost of West Dunbartonshire Council Denis Agnew

Denis.Agnew@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

George.Black@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

James.Bollan@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Jim.Brown@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Geoffrey.Calvert@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Gail.Casey@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

jim.finn@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

william.hendrie@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Douglas.McAllister@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

david.mcbride@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Ronnie.McColl@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

jonathan.mccoll@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Jim.McElhill@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Patrick.McGlinchey@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Craig.McLaughlin@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

William.McLaughlin@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Marie.McNair@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

John.Millar@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

lawrence.oneill@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Iain.Robertson@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

Martin.Rooney@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

May.Smillie@west-dunbarton.gov.uk

[radikal]

thank you.

[Big A]

Counter boycott fails. There is nothing produced in West Dunbartonshire!

A group of British Jews have decided to fight back a Scottish anti-Israel boycott, inundating the district behind the move with complaint letters and setting up a Facebook page to counter the embargo.

Nigel Lawrence, a representative of the Board of Deputies of Anglo Jewry, told Ynetnews of the initiative, which followed reports that Scotland's West Dunbartonshire Council was boycotting all Israeli-made products, including books...

Lawrence said he and other Israel fans set up a Facebook Group to boycott all goods and services in West Dunbartonshire in response to the anti-Israel boycott.

"Sadly, no one has found anything made there - not even whiskey," he said.

Lawrence added that during research into the issue, the pro-Israel group discovered that the life expectancy for Gaza Strip men is 71, compared to only 70 in West Dunbartonshire.... source: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7...079696,00.html

[radikal]

not even haggis, drunks and nervous sheep?

[HedgeYourBets]

not even haggis, drunks and nervous sheep?

I guess nothing anyone was willing to pay for.