tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post6799784360439099892..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Anti-semitismPeter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-27790869074054441792009-02-07T01:28:00.000+00:002009-02-07T01:28:00.000+00:00Perhaps context is in order. I think the woman was...Perhaps context is in order. I think the woman was wrong to wish for israel to be wiped off the map, but the continuing conflict in the mideast (thousands of years) is very frustrating in this day and age. Personally, the palestinian argument does not sway me. I have no intention of giving my house to a native american, or a spaniard or anyone else. But, at the same time, I don't think we should be helping Israel monetarily whatsoever. If the zionists want to regain the kingdom of David, so be it. If Israel is wiped out by Iran, so be it. Either way, I don't think we should be funding anyone over there. Maybe this woman is misplacing her frustrations and approaching a lateral solution rather than a hands off solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-50561440977871442722009-01-26T15:54:00.000+00:002009-01-26T15:54:00.000+00:00I can't help feeling it's even less specific to Je...I can't help feeling it's even less specific to Jews than that. What is it about some people that makes them latch on to whatever hatred happens to be fashionable at the time?<BR/><BR/>I suspect the same people would be buying peanuts at a public stoning, or putting on their Sunday best to attend a lynching.Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-10893332983205163182009-01-26T15:45:00.000+00:002009-01-26T15:45:00.000+00:00Wrong question. The right question is "What is it ...Wrong question. The right question is "What is it about apparently mild mannered people that makes them hate Jews?"bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439386754907203808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-86908403536571791582009-01-24T18:48:00.000+00:002009-01-24T18:48:00.000+00:00"I'm worried, too. What is it about Jews that arou...<I>"I'm worried, too. What is it about Jews that arouses such hostility in otherwise normal, mild mannered people?"</I><BR/><BR/>There's a question that's always puzzled me too...JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-69001269594818046952009-01-24T07:47:00.000+00:002009-01-24T07:47:00.000+00:00I'm worried, too. What is it about Jews that arou...I'm worried, too. What is it about Jews that arouses such hostility in otherwise normal, mild mannered people?<BR/><BR/>I was out with a mate a few months back, and the conversation turned to Israel (he's pretty left-leaning, so we often argue about politics). When I defended Israel, he asked me, incredulously, "are you Jewish?".<BR/><BR/>As if you have to be Jewish in order to be sympathetic towards Israel *sigh*. If he ever brings up the subject of what's been happening in Africa lately, I'm going to ask him if he's a black Zimbabwian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com