--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isn't what you said anti-semitism? > > Hey, criticising the policies of the state of Israel > when they use a US-supplied bomb to kill a houseful > of civilians in an attempt to assassinate one guy > in the house they *suspect* is a terrorist is called > antisemitism these days. >>>
No thats called criticising a state. Not even related. > Consider FFL. Those who criticize Maharishi are > often labeled as "anti-TMer's." Are they?>>> Yes, they are anti-TM'rs. > In this case, I thought it was obvious that Peter > was just joking, making a riff on past conversations > on this subject. >>> I wasn't aware of the past conversations, but one must be careful about offending religions now. In Britain they are thinking of making it a crime to slander someone becasue of their religious status (I personally think its stupid). Peter once called me a pedophile based on past conversations that I hadn't heard, so no big deal about the jewish joke thing. Peter is cute. <<But the world is so crazy these > days that if it happened to be perfectly *true* that > most of the media owners in the world were Jewish > (it isn't), people would be called antisemites for > pointing it out.>>> That is not true and almost an anti-semitist statement in itself, though it is fine by me to state your opionion. > > The word is no longer associated with those who hate > Jews. The word as it's used in modern politics and > the modern press has, sadly, degenerated into a tool > used to silence and suppress any criticism of Israel > and current Israeli policies. >> There is a dichotomy in those two last statements that I can't get my head around. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
