The store manager was “pro-Palestine”. Well, so am I, but that does not justify collective punishment upon Jewish people worldwide.
When Professor Asmi Wood warned my Foundations of Australian Law class at the Australian National University that “ignorance of the law is not a defence”, my mostly empty 19-year-old head nodded along in solemn acceptance. I’d recently learnt this the hard way, having had my license suspended for driving out of Sydney’s Cross City Tunnel unaware that the speed limit dropped suddenly from 80km/h to 60km/h.
As an English tutor in my 20s, I had the privilege of working with one of the world’s most misunderstood cohorts: teenagers. Oscar, one of my favourites, arrived home one afternoon angry and emotional after having been accused of racism at school. His understanding of the incident was that he had attributed a classmate’s mathematical proficiency to their nationality.
Is this Jew supposed to answer for a nation on the other side of the world? Does it matter that the article this gentleman wanted laminated was about Australian Jews helping Israelis who were affected by the events of October 7? The Officeworks manager cites her conscientious objection to the request because she is “pro-Palestine”.
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