> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 00:12 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Tragedy in Israel
> > > >As for the reason, you live in a country where, for the most > > > >part, Jewish people are afraid to live. > > > > Could the original poster back this up with something? Thanks. <snip> > Second, I've talked with my Jewish friends about their feelings. I > recall one conversation very vividly. IIRC, he also said that it > wasn't just his opinion, but a common feeling. Such a statement from just one person does not really qualify as overwhelming evidence. Maybe he said it was a common feeling because he could not imagine people having different feelings about it. It happens; for example, when my dad makes one of his racist comments, it is usually followed by "and I think most people think so". > The arguement was made by Jerone that Israel was so attractive, that > the numbers just went down. But, the numbers in the US increased > from '35 to now, by about 30% or so. So? I do not think we kept track of were they went. It is quite possible that some of them went to Israel and some to the US. Do you have the data to prove that all those Jews went to the US? Heck, do you even have solid proof that those people left because they were afraid to live here? I doubt it. Besides, that 30% increase in the US is not only caused by immigration; Jews, like everyone else, have offspring. How many of the Jews in the US immigrated, and how many live in the US because they were born there? Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://go.to/brin-l Tom's Photo Gallery: http://www.tom.vanbaardwijk.com
