----- Original Message ----- From: "Ritu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:12 AM Subject: RE: Mindless and Heartless
> > Dan Minette wrote: > > > > Whether one agrees with Sheehan or not is beside the point here. > > > Anti-semitism is the dislike/hatred of Jews, not necessarily the > > > criticism of of any group of Jews politics. Would even the lightest > > > criticism of the NAACP be racist? > > > > No. There are plenty of criticisms that would not be > > anti-Semitic. But, accusing Jews of not being loyal to the > > country and controlling the country for their own ends has a > > long and nasty history. It's like calling blacks lazy and > > shiftiness and then protesting that one is not a racist. > > I am still trying to figure out the line between criticising Israel/Jews > in politics/Jewish politics and anti-semitism. So I have a question: > When Christopher Hitchens claims that "The Democrat party truly is what > some people crudely say: a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Israeli > lobby", is he being critical of the Democrats or is he being > anti-semitic? He is being critical of the Democratic party. One way to note this is his support of the neocons (who are Jewish) in the next breath. If you read other things by him he comes out with a fairly well nuanced view. Out of curiosity, are there no code phrases in Indian politics. Words that sound innocuous on the surface, but conveys very specific meaning, which is often not so innocuous? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
