Thursday, 10 June 2010

We are the world, we con the people

Yay!  Jewish sense of satire and humour cutting to the chase here.  A video that the Israeli government first distributed then apologised for.  What's to apologise?  It's fun, funky.... and true...
(this doesn't seem to come out full screen on my computer, so if it doesn't just click on it for the full screen).
Postscript: don't bother clicking on it, cause YouTube has PULLED the video, having given in to pressure to do so, NOT because of the copywright problems as YouTube claims and as Caroline Glick, editor of the video attests....  Shame on YouTube for pulling this perfectly spot-on bit of parody and shame on YouTube for lying about the reason why...  Ms Glick says....
YouTube's decision to pull Latma's hit song We Con the World after 3 million viewers shows that Israel's enemies are afraid of us. Since they cannot refute our points, they are trying to silence us. First they threw ridiculous accusations at Latma that our parody of We are the World was racist. When that didn't stick and more and more people continued to watch our song, they decided to silence us. 
Obviously this means that we need to redouble our efforts. It also means we'll have to diversify our posting options to make sure that a call to YouTube won't suffice to silence us. 
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ADDED PS (16 August 2024): So, fourteen years later, I visit this post again, because I was looking at a Caroline Glick video today, here, and was searching to see how long I’d been following her (answer, 14 years, at least). 

Lo and  behold, when I click on the video now, IT WORKS. So, enjoy “We Con the World”, knowing that in the 14 years since, things have gotten no better. The mockery in this song is every bit as relevant today as it was then.