Hi All, Well I didn't think I would not get much interest in the statement but let me say this. I am of Jewish background and am married to a Christan and my closest friend is a Muslim who lives in Pakistan, who calls me brother. I have no axe to grind. But sometimes without knowing it we look at an individual and say that person is something special I should be like them, or I have not achieved what they have done so I am not as great. Today I think that it is important to know what our values are and what we believe in so that only do we know who we are but when we face someone they know in a short time who we are. Addressing a group of 300 college students in June in Pakistan brought that out and they knew, in a very short period of time who I was.
I did not do specific research on Edison to prove or disprove that he was anti-Semitic-but he was very careful about which ones he associated with-just like Ford and he was very opposed to the fact that beyond the very Orthodox many were very liberal and he was very conservative. It was a sign of the times but often as time goes on we forget the negative and only think about the postives. I just wanted Melissa to know that while I think that Edison was a great man in his own way and that is the story that I told my children and my grandchildren-that he doesn't walk on water. There is a lot of other data as well but a number of members have already brought some of it out and I don't want to beat this to death...Melissa can tell the kids what she thinks is best. Abe On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Vinyl Visions <vinyl.visi...@live.com>wrote: > Google: "was Thomas Edison anti semitic" > http://www.nndb.com/people/333/000022267/ > "Like his friend Henry Ford, Edison was virulently anti-Semitic and blamed > Jews for all of the world's major problems. " > This quote is according to the above website, which is a bio of TAE. It > certainly isn't surprising, since Jews were not popular at that time (or > now for that matter) in the US and the rest of the world - not just > Germany. That's why a boat full of Jewish emigrants escaping from Nazi > Germany and the holocaust of WWII were turned away by the US and other > countries, even though it cost them their lives to return. Just saying.... > > > Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:33:51 -0500 > > From: chris...@cox.net > > To: phono-l@oldcrank.org > > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Little Known Facts About Edison :) > > > > If you google "edison antisemite" you will come across an astonishing > > and lengthy screed about how the Jews created Hollywood so they could > > peddle filth and undermine Christian morals. It begins with the > > struggle of Jews to wrest filmmaking away from the Edison Trust, and > > strays into communism, socialism, Disney, unions, Unamerican Activities, > > and Howard Hughes. I didn't follow any of the other google links, > > having reeled away from the computer after reading that paranoid dump > > from which it is impossible to sift any kernels of truth. > > > > But to get back to some useful information about Edison, he didn't > > invent the light bulb. He did make it practical in many ways, from > > developing a thin carbon filament with high electrical resistance to > > devising all the other elements of a complete electrical system: > > generators, wiring, conduits, switches and cutouts, means of measuring > > electricity consumed, etc. He was an astonishing businessman. > > > > The most money he made came not from the light bulb, the phonograph, or > > telegraphy -- it came from his alkaline batteries, which made electric > > cars practicable. > > > > He dabbled in cement and designed houses and furniture molded out of > cement. > > > > His last project was to synthesize rubber (from goldenrod) -- not a > > great success. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Chris > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Phono-L mailing list > > http://phono-l.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.org > _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.org
