Attorney General Tor Aksel Busch - Norway |
- "Some of my best friends are Jews, it is the Zionists over there, in Israel, that I despise and protest."
- "Criticism of Israel/Zionist Entity is not antisemitic, and my Jewish friends that support Israel are not my friends anymore, I despise and protest them too."
The article by Elder of Ziyon tells the story. For the lazy here is a summary:
A Norwegian-Iranian rapper says "fucking Jews" during performance. Whether it was a poor joke or an intended racist slur is immaterial for our purpose. Besides, I am not into trying to interpret a rapper.
Norwegian police (sic!) decided that "Fuck Jews" was not a racist statement. Why is this a matter for police to decide is unclear, but also immaterial.
Then a State Attorney Trude Antonsen agrees with the police's assessment. She decides that the statement is "highly derogatory, offensive and false, but that it is not affected by the criminal code". Whatever. Not very enlightening, but immaterial as well.
And here the hero of this post jumps into the fray:
Attorney General Tor Aksel Busch rejected the appeal on the grounds that "fuck Jews" can be understood as criticism of Israel.At this point I have to disagree with the learned Elder. He says:
In other words, now pretty much any attack on Jews in Norway can be justified as being merely political, and not racist.Not in Norway only, dear Elder, I am sorry to say. This is a precedent, soon to be expanded and used by many others, to be sure.
Too bad.
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