Roger Walters Defends Himself
His 'The Wall' show has been accused of being anti-Semitic...
In a piece by Fox News in America the head of the Anti-Defamation League, Abraham Fox, made the accusation after images projected on to the back-drop of 'The Wall' showed a Star of David being dropped from a plane as if it were a bomb followed by a dollar sign.
In a statement on his website Roger Waters denied that there was an anti-Semitic meaning behind it:
"Had Mr Foxman come to my show before passing judgement and commenting publicly he might, I hope, have held his peace, as there is no anti Semitism in "The Wall" show. The song to which he refers, "Goodbye Blue Sky", describes how ordinary people, military and civilians alike, suffer trauma in the aftermath of war. The visuals that accompany the song show waves of B52 bombers dropping various symbols from bomb bays on a war ravaged landscape. The symbols are: in no particular order, a Crucifix, a Hammer and Sickle, a Star of David, A Crescent and Star, a Mercedes sign, a Dollar sign, and a Shell Oil sign. Mr Foxman's concern was that potentially the juxtoposition of a Star of David and a Dollar sign might incite hatred of Jews. Contrary to Mr Foxman's assertion, there are no hidden meanings in the order or juxtaposition of these symbols. The point I am trying to make in the song is that the bombardment we are all subject to by conflicting religious, political, and economic ideologies only encourages us to turn against one another, and I mourn the concommitant loss of life."
He goes on to say that one of the ADL's ideals " to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike and to put an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination against and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens" is something everyone should consider.
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