From: Loose Cannon Newsgroups: soc.culture.israel,soc.culture.jewish,rec.arts.movies.current-films,rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Swiss police probe hotel ski rental ban for Jewish guests Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 23:51:04 -0400 Message-Id: <0j027jpkkllpqd4vuqsdh8khbciqm32qk8@4ax.com> References: User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Advice: Don't be an asshole Lines: 65 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 03:51:00 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 3522 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Bytes: 3829 On Mon, 17 Jun 2024 12:58:49 -0700, BTR1701 wrote: >In article , > Loose Cannon wrote: > >> The Pischa mountain restaurant in Davos, Switzerland, has sparked a >> police investigation after announcing it will no longer rent out snow >> sports equipment to Jewish guests. > >How do they know the religion of their customers? Because of their uncleanlyness. You can smell one of those animals from a mile away. Remember the words of America's most famous General from WWII, Gen. George S. Patton: "We entered the synagogue, which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. When we got about halfway up, the head Rabbi, who was dressed in a fur hat similar to that worn by Henry VIII of England and in a surplice heavily embroidered and very filthy, came down and met the General (Eisenhower)...The smell was so terrible that I almost fainted and actually about three hours later lost my lunch as the result remembering it." ~ General Patton in Germany, diary entry Sept 17, 1945 > >> This has caused another scandal in the alpine resort involving this >> group of guests. The Graubünden cantonal police have launched an >> investigation on suspicion of discrimination and incitement to hatred. >> The restaurant at the Pischa mountain station no longer rents out >> sledges, airboards, skis and snowshoes to Jewish guests. They are >> being informed of this in a letter in Hebrew posted on site and >> addressed disrespectfully as "our brothers", the online portal 20 >> Minuten reported on Monday. >> >> According to the letter, various “annoying incidents” had led to the >> rental stop. >> >> The media office of the Graubünden cantonal police confirmed the >> matter to the Keystone-SDA news agency on request. The police had >> received a report from a private individual. "We have classified it as >> a possible official offence and have therefore started an >> investigation," said media spokesman Roman Rüegg. >> >> On enquiry, the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities (SIG) spoke of >> a new "level of audacity". "An entire group of guests is being >> collectively denigrated on the basis of their appearance and origin," >> wrote SIG Secretary General Jonathan Kreutner in a statement. >> >> This is not just a moral and tasteful offence. "We will take legal >> action or file a complaint for violation of the criminal offence of >> racism", Kreutner announced. >> >> For the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities, the rental ban is not >> an isolated incident. There is a lot wrong in Davos. There are hotels, >> restaurants and shops that do not warmly welcome Jewish guests. > >Well, I don't know how you'd enforce 'warm welcomes'.