> Behalf Of Dave Land > Sent: Friday, 19 August 2005 5:20 AM > > On Aug 17, 2005, at 11:06 PM, Andrew Paul wrote: > > I asked a serious question. You are drawing a very long bow there, and > > well, it's a little insulting. Sure, there are anti-Semites out there, > > plenty of them.. Give us the benefit of the doubt would you and stop > > tarring us with some brush we don't deserve. > > I think you do not understand the thrust of Zimmy's argument, which > seems to be that for hundreds or thousands of years, various forms of > overt and covert evils have been leveled against Jews by various groups > (Amelekites, Egyptians, Germans, American Klansmen, and so forth), to > the point that virtually all thought is now irretrievably poisoned by > the meme of anti-semitism. You can't avoid it, you can't deny it, it is > in your cultural DNA. If you spent your entire life defending the rights > of Jewish people everywhere, you would still be poisoned by > anti-semitism and subject to criticism on that front. > > You can't deny it because you can't escape it. It is in you. >
Ahh, yes. I see it now. Thanks Dave.. I think therefore I am an .. Actually, that's a pretty good argument, for a whole lot of causes, And explains a lot. God, what a bastard I have been ! On a serious note, I can see zimmys viewpoint. And why it would be troubling. It's just that you need to be careful about carrying your own cultural baggage into other peoples conversations. I had no idea these guys were Jews, nor that neo-cons was a jewish thing, nor that anyone would think that those statements were anti-semitic. Thus my perplexed look. But zimmy, peace, I was not and would not disrespect your feelings, or make light of the seriousness of anti-semitism. It is an issue. Along with lots of other antis. Andrew _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
