I never could warm to the fellow, but I admire the fact he gave Israel a nice little donation to help them keep the local aborigines from murdering them in their beds.

Well done! (And predictably, the luvvies are getting their knickers in a knot over it).

"He has never been afraid of getting into spats on his reality TV shows, but now Simon Cowell has found himself in the middle of a much more serious conflict.

The X Factor mogul has been bombarded with gruesome images of dead Palestinian children by protesters who accuse him of helping the Israeli invasion of Gaza.

Opponents of the two-week military action have seized on a £90,000 donation Cowell made to the Friends of the Israel Defence Forces (FIDF) at a fundraiser last year.

The organisation, founded by Holocaust survivors in 1981, says on its website that it provides Israeli soldiers with ‘love, support and care in an effort to ease the burden they carry on behalf of the Jewish community worldwide.’

At a fundraiser in Beverley Hills, hosted by billionaire TV magnate Haim Saban, Cowell, 54, publicly gave $150,000 [£90,000] to the cause.

Overall, the gala dinner, which was attended by more than 1,000 supporters including singer Lionel Ritchie, raised more than £12million for the FIDF.

But in the wake of this month’s conflict in Gaza, dozens of Palestinian supporters attacked Cowell on Twitter and posted graphic reminders of the death toll online in an effort to shame him for his generosity".

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As a public figure, it would take a lot of courage to do what you believe to be right and correct, if others though that you were incorrect/mistaken.

Simon Cowell - a MAN, standing apart from the crowd, standing apart from the PC 'lovies'.

God bless him.







"And what is good, Phaedrus? And what is not good? Need we ask anyone to tell us these things?"
Plato
found in, Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance






"Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them."
Karl Popper


"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil."
Thomas Mann

I'm more concerned with the fact that he hasnt discovered anyone of actual talent.

It isn't a cause that I would be comfortable supporting, I'm not sure that either side is any better than the other in this conflict.

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2014 at 1:48pm:

I'm more concerned with the fact that he hasnt discovered anyone of actual talent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ip2SlzeI90

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i3qeErUaFo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc4JJ4nIRk4&list=RDmc4JJ4nIRk4

He didn't seem to be in this season (UK not US) but a few of my favourites anyway.

Here is Simon insulting someone, woth a look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_Z0mlwcfD8

Prime Minister for Canyons wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2014 at 1:48pm:

I'm more concerned with the fact that he hasnt discovered anyone of actual talent.

I might have said the same if I hadn't seen the show, but I've seen it the last 2 weeks and have been impressed.  Seems to be a lot of kids in their mid teens - hopefully they don't get dragged down to mediocrity by haters.

I might have said the same if I hadn't seen the show, but I've seen it the last 2 weeks and have been impressed.  Seems to be a lot of kids in their mid teens - hopefully they don't get dragged down from mediocrity by haters.


*fixed*


Covering songs to me is not that impressive.

Nothing is impressive to a hater.

Yadda wrote on Jul 23^rd, 2014 at 1:48pm:

As a public figure, it would take a lot of courage to do what you believe to be right and correct, if others though that you were incorrect/mistaken.

Of course Yadda will be the first person to stand up and applaud a public figure for supporting the Palestinians - because he has "courage to do what you believe to be right and correct, if others though that you were incorrect/mistaken"

right?