> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: vrijdag 12 april 2002 1:44 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: Wiesenthal Ctr Report
> << The only reason it gets all that media attention from around the > world is because the targets are *Jewish* targets. If those attacks > had been against, say, some Baptist churches, it would probably only > have been mentioned in a three-line article on page 27 or so of some > major newspaper. On CNN, it would probably go something like "President > Bush met with Russian president Putin to <yadda yadda yadda -- long > story>. In Europe, a few Baptist churches were burned down by > protesters. And now, the weather." >> > > Nobody ever created an entire government whose sole purpose for > existence was to murder every single Baptist on the planet. Jews are > still under threat around the world, simply for being Jews. You can't > say that about Baptists. > > And, in fact, when various Black churches in the American South were > under attack a few years ago (there was a series of bombings and > burnings), it did get nationwide news attention. Apples and oranges. It got media attention in the same country where the attacks took place. What I am wondering is whether such actions *in Europe* would get media attention in the US. > Muslims in India are under attack by Hindus; does Europe care? Does > Europe even notice? Yes, and yes. > You have to stand up to evil, not accommodate it. If enough Europeans > would say, "If there is no freedom for Jews, there is no freedom for > any of us," the terrorists would turn tail and flee. I doubt terrorists would be impressed. If their goal is to attack certain targets, they will. > The Danish king did not wear a Star of David during WW II; if he had, > if everyone had, the Holocaust would not have taken place. Or even more people would have been killed. There is no way to be certain what would have happened. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
