On 15 Mar 2003 at 20:44, Nick Arnett wrote: > > realize, by the French Catholic Church, by the > > Resistance, or by anyone else of significance in > > French society. You might want to look up the > > Dreyfuss Affair for more information on how deeply > > anti-Semitism was set into the elites of French > > society. Zola (who wrote J'Accuse!) was driven into > > exile and, many people believe, murdered for his role > > in exposing this. > > I am quite familiar with the history of anti-Semitism in France. And > you have vastly exaggerated it. No one, least of all me, is arguing > that there hasn't been an anti-Semitic group in France, dating back to > the very anti-Semitic pre-revolutionary government. But if nations > are to be labeled by the actions of their minorities, we're all in > trouble.
France has a VERY strong Neo-Nazi majority, especially at present. I won't say he exagerated it. And you can't judge the whole of a nation on it's minorities, but you must take it into account. Nearly all the French Jewish communities are on a high alert status, and some have been for years. Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
