Monday, August 14, 2006
The World's friend, Lulie, went for a walk with her new cape (pictured) and has reported the results. 
Happily, days one and two went surprisingly well.
Day three was a bit more problematic. The bobbies were involved: Britain And The Town Square Test:
There was a shout by someone a while behind me. “Yisrael! Yisrael!” I turned around and saw a woman. She shouted to me — presumably in Hebrew — and stuck her thumb up. I grinned and stuck my thumb up high, before continuing on my way.
A few of my friends said it might be dangerous to wear it in public. So naturally, I decided that I must go back into town some time wearing it. This is England, after all. A free country. Who's going to attack a 17-year-old girl for wearing a flag?...
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Brava! Milton who understood the importance of the right of Englishmen to speak freely in the town square is smiling down at you. Albeit, the old dear is undoubtedly somewhat shocked taht a female is exercising such a right.
Sol -- A wonderful/terrible story for our times.
My first thought was to write "What a brave young lady!", but then it hit me that making such statement is a very sad indictment of our times. Of course, the attitude (towards Israel and the U.S.) deserves such an indictment.
That said, I have great admiration for Lulie!
God, as a 17-year old guy, I can't tell you how much I would like to date this girl.
Thank you, Solomon, for thinking this is worth blogging. And thank you to all of the commenters -- I really appreciate your kind regards.
For those interested, I've also commented in The World's thread.
I'm just surprised that anyone in Britain would feel so strongly for Israel. Especially someone who isn't Jewish and who's in that age group. It's great to see that there are at least some people like that around.