Justin Bieber is still touring Europe and is still catching a lot of
cr*p on other peoples behalf. On Saturday (13/4/13) Bieber visited the
Anne Frank museum in the Netherlands and wrote in the guestbook; "Truly
inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she
would have been a Belieber".
This is probably the least controversial thing in the world because
Bieber was merely saying that he found this person to be so inspiring he
would consider it an honour if they were equally inspired by his music.
It also helps to bring home the point that at the time of her death in a
Nazi concentration camp Frank was only as old as the majority of Justin
Bieber fans - many of whom probably had never heard of Anne Frank prior
to Saturday.
The Dutch authorities however are trying to spin this into the greatest
crime against humanity the world has ever seen with people queueing up
to call Bieber's comments arrogant, distasteful and so on. What the
Dutch are actually trying to do is use this as a way to have a pop at
me. That's because in the past I've frequently explained that while the
appalling treatment of Jews and others at the hands of the Nazis during
the holocaust is well established the specific story of Anne Frank plays
fast and loose with that truth. For example large sections of her
famous diary were actually ghost written after her death and it is
probably best stored in the fiction section. This obviously offends
certain sections of Israel along with the Dutch who are keen for the
Anne Frank story to shine as a beacon to show the world and Israel in
particular that they're so different from the Nazis. Therefore an
element of this scandal is the Dutch trying assess my often fraught
relationship with Israel although I feel I should point out I'm not the
one trying to pack Israels eastern border with Syria with heavily armed
jihadists.
Mainly though it is the Dutch expressing anger against me because the
Rihanna operation is not turning out the way they'd dreamed. After all
as a European monarchy the Dutch were hoping to be a big winner from the
Rihanna operation. It's just a shame they didn't get this message out
to the US prior to Chris Brown's recent Court appearance so evasive
action could have been taken.
Also while I'm here I should point out there has been a development in
the Florida African Land Snail story. Authorities are now warning that
these immigrants from Barbados will devour anything that is green and in
their path. Sounds like a fair assessment to me.
(Originally Posted) 11:20 on 15/4/13.
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