Draft-dodging Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli, girlfriend of Leonardo DiCaprio, said she doesn’t feel any remorse about evading military service.
“I don’t regret not having been drafted into the army, because I made out big,” Refaeli told the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot. “Why is it good to die for one’s country?” she asked. “Isn’t it better to live in New York?” The 22-year-old also said that she won’t be touring the Holy Land with any of her A-List Hollywood actor friends anytime soon.
Apparently she was miffed that during a recent visit she and DiCaprio made to Jerusalem, there was a conflict between their bodyguards and Israeli photographers, which led to a tussle. “I won’t bring anyone famous to Israel, because there is a chutzpah here that you won’t see anywhere else,” she said.
Isn't it ironic that in complaining about Israeli chutzpah Bar Refaeli seems to demonstrate nothing more clearly than...chutzpah? I think the question of her intelligence is certainly open to debate--though keep in mind that neither the Forward nor Yediot Aharonot seem to be going out of their way to provide her with more than enough rope to hang herself--but I have to agree with her that living in New York is better than dying in the army, regardless of the country....
Your draft-dodging efforts to avoid military service are not based on moral principle, but on self-interest: like our V.P. Dick Cheney, you have "other priorities." By asking the question of "Why is it good to die for one's country?" you reveal the crass and selfish attitude of the rich and empty youth of many nations. The runway, not Israel, is your country, Bar Refaeli! Someday you will be old, fat, and ugly - like me! Then what?
Hope she gets anorexic, or worse, becomes size 2.
Shame on her parents for not installing Jewish values, ethics and morality in her character. This is a person that would not walk over her grandmother's grave, but STOMP on it. Shame! It's a further shame that we the public continue to foster and admire stars (i.e. sports and actors) of questionable character. They should be banned via the strength of our pocketbooks!
Now, maybe we are being to rough on her, perhaps she is simply not too bright and not a spoiled twit. You could aslo give her credit for honesty.
The poem was right: "Dulce et decorum est..." *is* a big, fat lie. Still, there is something slimy and entitled about her comment. In a country where so many others are doing the selfless thing, she's in New York getting by on her looks, and dishonoring her betters. "The rules don't apply to beautiful people!" Feh.
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