Speaking of which, isn't one of those persecuted Jewish oligarchs, the second-wealthiest Russian in the world, a major celebrity in Britain, having purchased the Chelsea football team? I hear Abramovich survived the Tricolor Terror of 2001 by hiding for months from the Gestapo in a secret compartment in his yacht, scribbling furiously in his diary.
--- On Tue, 8/5/08, James Heartfield <Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
. I talked about Russian
> anger at the way that the liberalisation had been
> experienced by most as a looting of public goods, and was
> about to say that the few high-profile Jews amongst the
> Oligarchs did lend itself to anti-Semitic prejudice, but
> unfortunately never got to make the point. No sooner did I
> say 'unfortunately, it just so happened that some of the
> oligarchs were Jews...' when the whole room made a
> knowing "uuhhh" sound, as in 'wouldn't you
> just know it'.