> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: woensdag 3 april 2002 5:32 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: This week in the Middle East
> > Something that suddenly struck me: Hitler's mother (or was it his > > grandmother?) was Jewish (something he was careful not to mention, of > > course). Had he survived the war, the Law of Return would have given > > him the right to come live in Israel... > > If you are looking for reasons that people wonder about your feelings > about Jews this would be a good place to start. This flip joke is > hurtful. It was only an observation, not a joke. Had it been a joke, there would have been a smiley at the end of my post. Did you see a smiley in my post? > It displays an insensitivity to the feelings of Jews concerning Hitler. As I said, it was only an observation. I am not going to refrain from making observations merely because some people might consider it insensitive. The mere mention of WW2 might be painful for some Jews. Does that mean we should destroy all evidence that the war ever took place, and never speak of it again? That way, we could avoid hurting the feelings of those people. Of course, if we would do this, some other Jews would then start complaining that we deny their history... Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
