nebula Posted April 11, 2012 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.75 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.94 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted April 11, 2012 (A few months old, but I just heard about this) Melbourne Israeli Dancing Group Dropped from Festival November 22, 2011 by admin A Melbourne Israeli Dancing group was dropped from participating in a Victorian dance festival after refusing organisers’ moves to drop all references to Israel. <snip> No change had been made ot other groups including Chinese, Hungarian, Armenaian and Ukrarnian Traditional Folk Dances and the Irish Reel and Jigs. In her submission to VEOHRC, Blumenthal-Skop said she asked for an explanation and was told that the organiser would not be held responsible for consequences if the words “Israel” or “Israeli” were used to describe the group. Full report here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HisG Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Neb, it's political correctness gone whacko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayin jade Posted April 12, 2012 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 44 Topic Count: 6,178 Topics Per Day: 0.87 Content Count: 43,799 Content Per Day: 6.19 Reputation: 11,244 Days Won: 58 Joined: 01/03/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted April 12, 2012 No its not political correctness. Its fear. They caved into terrorist fears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HisG Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 So true. Fear is the fuel for poiltical correctness. They are bed fellows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajunluvie Posted April 12, 2012 Group: Advanced Member Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 221 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 6 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/06/2011 Status: Offline Share Posted April 12, 2012 Ridiculous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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