There’s a problem with this article in the Harvard Crimson (“The Case Against Boycotting SodaStream“): it assumes that there’s a legitimate case for boycotting Sodastream. There, of course, is not. Harvard University Dining Services decided to unilaterally remove Sodastream from its cafeterias simply because the company is run by Jews. Oh, dear, excuse me: “Israelis.” I understand that Alan Dershowitz may have a problem with bringing up this awkward fact, and I even sympathize. But I’m under no obligation to pretend that that fact doesn’t exist.
Especially since Harvard University’s historical animus towards Jews is well known, as is indeed most of the Ivy League’s. They’ve gotten a pass on it largely because Ivy League alumnae are over-represented in top government and media positions. If we saw this kind of historical discrimination take place in institutions not beloved of Northeastern elites then we’d never hear the end of the complaining.
Moe Lane
On the bright side, the President of Harvard stomped down on this because the boycott was unauthorized.