Paul McCartney: They Threatened to Kill Me if I Played in Israel

inn ^ | David Lev

[Nachum]

When rock legend Paul McCartney came to Israel in 2008, he was, at least to some extent, taking his life in his hands. Not because of Israel's sometimes precarious security situation, but because he was threatened by BDS (boycott, divest, and sanction) anti-Israel groups. “I got death threats, but I'm coming anyway,” the singer was quoted as saying by Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs researcher Adam Shay.

“I got explicit death threats, but I have no intention of surrendering. I refuse to cancel my performances in Israel,” Shay quoted McCartney as saying.

[Sirius Lee]

"The person who agrees with you 80 percent of the time is a friend and an ally, not a 20 percent traitor."

jeb is an 80% traitor, like mitt.

[SJackson]

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[kabumpo]

Please explain why it is being “touchy” to list four items that support a thesis, and why that makes one a “pompous ass” -
I would think that the pompous ass is the person who when they cannot come up with an answer, resorts to name-calling.

[kabumpo]

Don’t pretend that you don’t understand what I wrote.
Instead of answering the points that I raised, you laughed and labeled me “touchy”. I said that I was surprised to see you use a device left over from another era by male chauvinists. Thar your name indicates the strong probability that you are a woman makes your use of that device - laughter, a dismissive reference to emotionalism - even more surprising.

But it remains that now on two occasions you chose to use dismissive tactics rather than attempt to reply. You can disdain me all you wish - you’re only revealing your own limitations when all you can come up with is one word and lol.

[mountn man]

Yeah but is he getting death threats because he is threatening to play Hey Jude for the ten billionth time while giving the thumbs up

[Revolting cat!]

He should be getting death threads, but not for writing and singing ‘Hey Jude’ and ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’, but for provoking so many banal, pedestrian and Captain Obvious comments in the blogosphere. As if we didn’t know, as if we haven’t heard it all more times than Paul has sung ‘Hey Jude’.

[miss marmelstein]

Gee, you’re touchy.

[miss marmelstein]

I had no idea this person was a woman! Nor do I care...