There are indeed "undertones" of anti-semitism, but such mild undertones that this article seems overkill. We Jews, often entrepreneurs & capitalists) have to be a bit thick-skinned when being accused of ambition by Communists. We have indeed shown ambition, opportunism & the ability to survive for thousands of years. But it`s hardly the same macro-level self-serving as certain Communists like Stalin, Mao & Livingstone...
Who cares if a haggered old boy just has no better grip on today`s humour than what`s contained here? Let him wither off the magazine`s payroll vine. Danny Hershal is spot-on to say that not being funny is the main reason to sack Sine.
The Mohammed cartoons are of course a different matter, being classic satire, and of global relevance, rather than a sly dig at this kid for coming from privelidged background, but Satirist too has a point. |
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