Comedian Roseanne Barr talks with fellow YouTuber Tal Oran (The Travelling Clatt) and another guy.
The other guy has recently visited Jerusalem for the first time. He gives his impressions. Which I agree with. Namely that Jerusalem is unique, magical, special. A kaleidoscope of humanity in all its ethnicities, religions, races and beliefs. All bumping up with each other and getting along. He finds Jerusalem very special. And so did we.
I’ve lived, I've spent three years or more, in some of the world's major cities. Tokyo, Sydney, Canberra, Rome, New York, Berlin, Cape Town, London, Beijing, Shanghai and now Hong Kong. Even compared to these wonderful places, Jerusalem is most special. Really! And utterly so.
I remember our own visit. The Nuns in full habit, Muslim women in chador, Muslim men in their Dishdasha and Kufi, Jewish men in their funny hats and curly side whiskers, and we atheists in our daggy shorts and flip-flops, all wandering through this wonderland of sights, sounds and smells, unhassled, unruffled.
This city is unique. There is none approaches it in the world, let alone in the Arab world.
Would you rather a country where this interaction and mutual rubbing along is possible? Or one in which all but Muslims are expelled, repressed? Would you rather, in short, an Israel; or a Syria? An Israel or an Iran?
There is not a single Arab country run as well, or even half as well, as Israel. I've been to many: Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan, Lebanon, UAE, Qatar. Not just Arab, there’s Iran, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia too. There's not a single Muslim country, of the 57 in the world, that is run well. That’s not just me saying that. The United Nations Human Development Report concludes the same: countries of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference countries all at the bottom of the rankings. (Added: some of the Gulf countries are run well, as in competently; they do not pass the democracy and freedom test, however).
Islam is a curse. A curse on Muslims as much as we "infidels". Stating ths simple truth makes me a horrid right-winger, of course. Don’tcha know… all cultures are equal! Well yeah, but nah. Some are more equal than others. And some are a whole lot worse.
A western culture which allows free speech, equal rights for all religions, for all minorities and for all beliefs, that gives equal and fair treatment, to women, to the LGBT community, such a culture is superior to one which is supremacist, homophobic, misogynist, censorious and intolerant of anyone not of their beliefs.
In short: Western culture is good; Islamic culture is bad. If any Occasional Reader (OR) has a different view I’d be pleased to hear it. Especially pleased to hear how today’s Islam is even equal to today’s western culture, let alone better.
Have at it.
https://youtu.be/3jVBcsXoriU?si=pMH8uKZFeoL8b407
PS: I forgot to say. Roseanne may be “just” a comedian. She’s a YouTuber now. A commenter. She has clear-headed, sharp, insightful views. I enjoy her.
