If he had been asked that question before this question, and denied it, wouldn't it be fair game in your book? (It would be in mine). If it was a question out-of-the-blue, then he should have told her to sit down and shut up.
If he had no problem sharing the fact that he had been raised Christian, why then suddenly is the other question out-of-bounds? Is it the Jewish-ness of the question that is the issue for him (and for you), or the fact that such a personal question (religion of grandfather) was asked at all? And did he ask the questioner why she wanted to know? For what purpose did it matter? THAT is a question I want answered (more than the one she posed). If he refused to answer ANY questions on the subject, then he would at least show consistancy, and I'd applaud him. On 9/20/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > tapdanced? He was asked a question that had no bearing on politics and in a > way that I would have taken offense to and i'm obviously Jewish. It sounded > very much like the quote I said: "Are you or have you ever been a communist" > "Could you please tell us whether your forebears include Jews and, if so, at > which point Jewish identity might have ended?" > > Can you tell me what this has to do with politics? > > I'm listening to his answer now and I don't see tapdancing. He's asking why > it's relivant. No, he didn't answer and I don't see why he should. But he did > go on and say that both he and his mother were raised as christians. Must > have been a short tap dance. > > >She asked him if his grandfather was Jewish and he tapdanced around > >the question, refusing to answer it., instead making it seem that she > >was attacking him because of his religion. Or at least it seemed that > >way to me. I'm not saying that his religion should be an issue, I'm > >just curious as to why he wouldn't answer the question about his > >grandfather. He had already stated that his grandfather was in a > >concentration camp. So why can he play for sympathy using that > >statement, then spin the question and refuse to answer? > > > >On 9/20/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> OK. I'm confused. Where did he deny his grandfather was Jewish? > >> > Ok. I'm confused. If his grandfather was Jewish, and he is denying > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215729 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
