But if you look at my posts as a whole you'll see that my anger is not for Israel but against the lack of truth when dealing with it. The media lies, misrepresents, downplays or half a dozen other sins of truth and its allowed. My anger is one of truth.
> Michael is a very vocal proponent of the interests of Israel and I > have seen what appears to me to be anger at those who appear to ignore > Blacks in America do not have the same issues as Jews in Israel. Jews in Israel are attacked daily with the intent to kill for the 'sin' of being a Jew. Blacks in America do not experience the same thing. We had a dragging death recently. When was the last one? When was the last lynching? Cross burning? Slave whipping? When was the last attack against a Jew for being a Jew? yesterday. and before that? the day before. and on and on. And other than the holocaust, were Jews slaves in the last few hundred years? No. So Jews don't have the same issues as American Blacks. But again, we're not dwelling in the past like Wright is. Blacks in America have the same issues. They are frustrated and angry > and dealing with people dying, dealing with unreasonable hatred and > fear. If you don't see the parallels, you don't. But I think they are > closer than you might otherwise want to believe. > > > In truth, Michael's community is you guys -- he works tirelessly for > > the advancement of ColdFusion and ColdFusion programmers. > > > > And I could never, ever admire someone like Reverend Wright. Actions > > are what define a man, not oppression -- or past oppression. > > Not the point. The point is that I'm positively advancing my community and he's using negative to advance his. I'm not blaming anyone for our position in the world. If we do wrong, it's our own fault. Wright is blaming others for his position in the world and it's not his fault, but theirs. I don't believe that I have ever questioned Michael's commitment to > the CF community, nor to any other community. I do appreciate the work > he has done, not the least of which includes this mailing list. stand up or stand on? Again, I don't hear much reconciliation from him nor 'lets work hand in hand for a better world'. I hear separatist. > I think that you may be blinded to the extent of Rev. Wright's > character however. He is not all about victimization. Far from it, the > philosphy of his church was heavily invested with the notion of > community, self reliance and the fundamental strength of a people to > stand up for themselves and create their own destiny. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:276815 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
