In a message dated 8/18/2005 12:51:32 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> But that seems rather unfair to me. If, going by what you say, the fact > of Jewish oppression for two millennia on certain continents gives the > Jews the right to suspect any statement of carrying the seeds of > anti-semitism, then surely, the fact of peaceful co-existence for two > millennia on other continents confers an obligation to suspend that > suspicion. Surely the stand/the standards have to be internally > consistent at least. > > Jews were better tolerated by muslims than by christians. To muslims chrisitians and jews were both inferior but they did not see the need to persecute jews with the same vigors as chriistians. Jews were allowed more freedom but whenever it was convenient the muslims would take the jews property and money. There were so few jews in the far east that there could be no real problem. As I said in a post earlier today. Criticism of things jews do is completely reaonable but blaming jews (and Israel) is at the heart of anti-semitism. I know I have come across as a bit over the top on this. I have not been discriminated against in any substantive way in my life but this is not about me it is about the current climate in the world. More in Europe but in the US as well. As tensions have risin there has been more critiicsm of Israel and a shift away from a balanced view of the Israel palistiine problem. There has been an increase attacks on temples in France. A member of the Noble Prize Committee said he was sorry that the Israeli leader (forget which one) had receieved a Noble Peace Prize (for the Olso accords) when things went bad. But he did not say that he was sorry that Arafat got the prize. How can this be? Arafat had the opportunity for peace in 2000 and he turned his back on this. But he deserved to keep his prize while the Israeli leader did not. Most people simply say that atrocities could not happen again but the last attempt to wipe the jews from the face of the earth was less than 70 years ago. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
