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March 18, 2007
Israeli bonds
The story has been abuzz of the Israeli Ambassador to El Salvador being found "in a street, drunk, wearing only bondage gear" with a rubber ball in his mouth (BBC). He was then recalled, if not fired, for "behaving indecently on a public thoroughfare." Now I see this dismissal as discouraging. FIrst, this is El Salvador, one country of the world in the past few years which has had a free election for an American-friendly Palestinian head of state. Even worse and most significant, however, is punishing that all too rare thing these days --- an Israeli diplomat associated with a compromising position.
Posted by Matthew Hogan at March 18, 2007 10:18 PM
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So true about Israeli diplomats in compromising positions. That must have troubled the righty nutters in Israel, actually, the ones who take their Raphael Patai seriously - what will the Arabs think of sexually humiliated Israelis??
Posted by: SP at March 19, 2007 06:04 AM
Brilliant mate, brilliant. This redeems you for a year of bad puns.
Posted by: The Lounsbury at March 19, 2007 09:58 AM
Pretty weird, on the Pal front. Hilarious on the Israeli front. I'll have to remember to lay off the sake when we're indulging in...other things. Staggering around a suburb of the media capital of the world in that kind of thing just might get one noticed.
Posted by: pantom at March 19, 2007 08:48 PM
And here I thought the Passover season was supposed to be all about leading the Jews out of bondage.
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at March 19, 2007 11:06 PM
"And here I thought the Passover season was supposed to be all about leading the Jews out of bondage."
My understanding was that the Israelites spent 40 years in the desert because they forgot the 'safe word'".
Don't ask how I know about such things.
Posted by: matthew hogan at March 20, 2007 03:12 PM
