Anne Frank in a kaffiyeh (update)

'akagoldfish' has taken exception to a piece that I piece I wrote in January 2008. Take a read of my piece and then his comment

'Wow, I thought I was reading a thoughtful, fact-based article without any particuler agenda, but then you break out the bigot stick and smack us in the face with it.

A more stunning example of a strawman it would be hard to imagine, nor a more heinous one.

(by the way, since it's obvious that you don't actually pay any attention to world affairs, but the Palestinians have recognized Israel's right to exist, which makes your argument not only illogical and racist, but also very, very wrong.) '

'akagoldfish' seems to be one of those use the word 'racist' to shutdown debate, not here he won't. I stand by my conclusion that 'How marvellous, put one of the symbols of the holocaust into one of the symbols of the people who want to destroy Israel.' And I ask 'akagoldfish' why he thinks the Palestinians recognize Israel's right to exist, maybe he should read some more articles on this blog for proof that many (if not most of their leaders) do not.

The only film of Anne Frank

"July 22 1941. The girl next door is getting married. Anne Frank is leaning out of the window of her house in Amsterdam to get a good look at the bride and groom. It is the only time Anne Frank has ever been captured on film. At the time of her wedding, the bride lived on the second floor at Merwedeplein 39. The Frank family lived at number 37, also on the second floor. The Anne Frank House can offer you this film footage thanks to the cooperation of the couple."

Seeing that face looking out of the second floor window/balcony is a really odd experience for me. I first went to Amsterdam back in the 1970s and I found the Anne Frank museum very moving. I have been back to the museum quite a few times since, although not for some years now, but the last time it got too much for me.