--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 11/26/05 2:28:28 P.M. Central Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Yep, I thought would some of those reacting favorably to the > > satirizing of the French think it as humorous if we just made a > > change and substituted the word Jews for French? And if not, > > why not? > > > > Inappropriate since France has one of Europe's most anti Semitic > > populations. > > so...are they more, or less, anti-Semitic than you are anti-French?
Well said. I live in France. The French are no more antisemitic than Americans are antiFrench or antiArab, probably much less so, because their whole society is based on diversity and living with that diversity. What creates the opposite impression is the media, which jumps on each case of nut-case antisemitism as if it represented a trend, which it does not. The whole population is outraged at each incident, but they're being as victimized by the media as the real victims are by the nutcases. Me, I find it interesting that the country that *knew* what was happening to the Jews in Europe and did nothing about it and said nothing about until *after* the war now pretends to take the high moral ground when it comes to antisemitism. That's America, if you haven't studied your history. The same country that has one of the most shameful histories of bigotry on the planet with regard to its own minorities. There IS a backlash against *Israel* in Europe, but that should not be confused with antisemitism. The state of Israel and its current set of policies would be soundly condemned by the whole world if it *weren't* for the boogeyman of "antisemitism," which gets trotted out every time someone criticizes a government which proudly boasts of an official policy that involves assassination, dropping bombs on civilians to kill one person on their "enemies list," etc. The bottom line in Europe is one that Americans just don't want to deal with because they can't cope with it. In polls taken over the last couple of years, the two nations considered by most of the population as the most dangerous on the planet, and the most likely to cause the destruction of that planet, are the United States and Israel. Everybody knows it but (seemingly) the people who live there. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
