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Pig Balloon at Roger Waters Concert Features Star of David...(VIDEO)
The Algermeiner ^ | July 24, 2013

Posted on 07/25/2013 10:37:48 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows

Jewish human rights group, the Simon Wiesenthal Center, has taken the hammer to British rock musician and anti-Israel activist Roger Waters after a giant pig shaped balloon emblazoned with a Star of David was released into the sky at a July 18th concert in Belgium.

“With this disgusting display Roger Waters has made it crystal clear. Forget Israel, never mind ‘limited boycotts promoting Middle East Peace.’ Waters  is an open hater of Jews,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Associate Dean of the center in an email to The Algemeiner.

“The video is beyond shocking. The only books this bigot should be getting should be with the Mullahs in Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood,” Cooper added.

“I came to the concert because I really like his music, without any connection to his political stance toward Israel,” Alon Onfus Asif, an Israeli living in Belgium told Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot. “And I had a lot of fun, until I noticed the Star of David, on the inflatable pig. That was the only religious-national symbol which appeared among other symbols for fascism, dictatorships and oppression of people. Waters crossed the line and gave expression to an anti-Semitic message, beyond all his messages of anti-militancy.”

(Excerpt) Read more at algemeiner.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Israel; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; napl; rogerwaters; scumbag; unitedkingdom; waronterror; waters
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“This is the same thing he’s been doing for years,” said Todd Gutnick, Director of Media Relations. “We believe there’s no anti-Semitic intent here in the use of the Star of David symbol.”

Note that he admits that it's a Star of David.

[Thank you Gefn for this story.]

1 posted on 07/25/2013 10:37:49 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows
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To: Slings and Arrows

he can’t sing worth a $hit either.


2 posted on 07/25/2013 10:38:41 AM PDT by wordsofearnest (Proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs it. C.S. Lewis)
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To: Slings and Arrows; MeekOneGOP; Conspiracy Guy; DocRock; King Prout; Darksheare; OSHA; ...
Drugs are bad, m'kay?


3 posted on 07/25/2013 10:39:12 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Are there any queers in the theater tonight?
Get them up against the wall!
There’s one in the spotlight, he don’t look right to me,
Get him up against the wall!
That one looks Jewish!
And that one’s a coon!
Who let all of this riff-raff into the room?
There’s one smoking a joint,
And another with spots!
If I had my way,
I’d have all of you shot!


4 posted on 07/25/2013 10:39:19 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Slings and Arrows

What, no Islamic crescent? < /sarc >


5 posted on 07/25/2013 10:39:29 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: wordsofearnest

Jooooos stole his talent!


6 posted on 07/25/2013 10:39:43 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: JimRed
What, no Islamic crescent? < /sarc >

Never a good idea to be provocative with people who can actually be provoked.

7 posted on 07/25/2013 10:41:16 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Slings and Arrows; Revolting cat!

I’ve been saying it since 2008 when he turned the pig into a scapegoat. HE and his concerts have become the fascist HATE rallies depicted in The Wall. “Are there any Jews/Conservatives/Christians/Anyone voting against Obama... in the room tonight? Get them up against the wall!”


8 posted on 07/25/2013 10:47:18 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: dfwgator
Thanks for posting the lyrics ...

That sort of explains the whole business.

Whiners should STFU.

9 posted on 07/25/2013 10:49:10 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard

The Pig has nothing to do with “The Wall” though, it’s taken from “Animals”, where the pigs represent the ruling class.

Perhaps even back then, Waters was projecting himself in that role.....he based the Wall character on how he felt during that Animals tour, and how angry he actually became towards the audience.


10 posted on 07/25/2013 10:52:44 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Slings and Arrows

When American jews stop voting in a-holes like obama and Bloomberg I might give a rat’s butt. Yea, I said it. Did you get that down NSA?


11 posted on 07/25/2013 10:52:52 AM PDT by subterfuge (CBS NBC ABC FOX AP-- all no different than Pravda.)
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To: subterfuge
When American jews stop voting in a-holes like obama and Bloomberg I might give a rat’s butt.

Absolutely agree!

12 posted on 07/25/2013 10:55:08 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Slings and Arrows

I wonder if the Star was there during his US shows? He probably added it in Europe, thinking the audience there would be more supportive.


13 posted on 07/25/2013 10:56:47 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: JimRed
If Jews believed in Jihad and slow Beheading the Star would not be there either.
He's a coward and a punk.
14 posted on 07/25/2013 10:56:55 AM PDT by MaxMax (If you're not pissed off, you're not paying attention)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Waters grew up to be what his father died fighting.


15 posted on 07/25/2013 10:58:14 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: dfwgator

I always had the impression that “The Wall” character with those lyrics was presented for diapproval.

Maybe I had that backwards.

If so ... he seems to be (or have been) a general-purpose hater.


16 posted on 07/25/2013 10:58:33 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Joe 6-pack

His dad was a Commie, who only was enthusiastic to fight the Germans because they invaded the Soviet Union.


17 posted on 07/25/2013 10:59:35 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Slings and Arrows

Rogers is a lunatic, no doubt about it.

I do enjoy his work with Pink Floyd though.


18 posted on 07/25/2013 11:01:54 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: chris37

He pissed on Rick Wright during The Wall sessions....For me, Floyd is Gilmour and Wright dueting on “Echoes”.


19 posted on 07/25/2013 11:03:16 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: chris37

And it was Gilmour, who wasn’t even in the band at the time, who wound up making sure that Syd Barrett was well taken care of.


20 posted on 07/25/2013 11:04:41 AM PDT by dfwgator
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