There is a double standard and it's bullshit, I'll rail at a nation of Islam guy, a white power guy, or even a strict (racist in many ways) zionist.
denstar wrote: > On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Michael Dinowitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've lived in NY from the late 70's and was told to always wear a hat over >> my yarmulka when traveling. There was one case where I was asked to remove >> my yarmulka for a job at the naacp and a church (security work). I even had >> a lady drive up to me and say "hey hymie, where's kings highway". She didn't >> see a problem but it was akin to saying "hey nigger/spic/wop/etc." This is >> the borat problem. If people are comfortable with bias.... > > Ah. The not seeing a problem with it aspect. > > Here, I've heard like "hey white-boy, where's the white-bread" or > something. Maybe with gringo and in spanish, but same diff-- but > /trying/ to be insulting, vs. the "redneck" type racism that's O.K. by > most folks. > > Call me a cracker on T.V., I doubt there'd be much outcry. > > Call you a hymie(?) on T.V., bet there'd be outcry. =] > >> I personally don't think of myself as a victim but when looking at the >> double standard used against Israel, I see how the victim feeling comes >> about. Rockets being shot at you? Just suck it up because your Israel. China >> would obliterate anyone doing that. France would obliterate anyone doing >> that. etc.etc.etc. But Israel has to hold back. Yeh, victim feelings are >> easy in such a case. > > Hmm. See, I don't have that cultural "mecca" type of deal. There is > nowhere in the world "for me", besides whereever I'm at. > > So I'm not very vested in Israel, per se. It's just a place with lots > of cool history, for me. > > > I fail to see how Israel is a victim, which may be due, in part, to my > lack of vestment. > > Seems like there's a pretty well laid out history of who, how, what and why. > > Those rockets aren't being fired for no reason, as far as I can see. > > But then again, I saw that special where they had the palestine kid > and the israel kid, who were buds 10 years ago, and then they put them > back together-- wow! That was like the "brown eye, blue eye" thing-- > dogma is the real bitch. > > Sad in these days that folks can be raised, or adults indoctrinated, > with so much hate... someday, we'll evolve past that, and learn to > hate extra-terrestrials (or maybe computers). Think universally, not > globally, folks! Get with the future... =] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:255670 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
