On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, Gary Klatsky wrote:
>
> It would be helpful to all if you applied some of those critical thinking
> skills before posting things like:
>
> > there was a story that the blood donated by the black jews
> > were put in a separate blood banks and were discarded because Israel
> > did not want to mix the Ethiopian blood with those of the other
> > immigrants.
>
> And maybe you could research the "story" to find out what the truth is
> before you make your implications. Every blood bank will isolate the blood
> from countries with high HIV rates. Your statement implied that the
> Israeli's did not want Ethiopian blood because of race issues. What do you
> think would happen if you tried donating blood and said you were from Haiti
> or Uganda.
>
> You may say you are not anti-Semitic but the continuous posting of
> stereotypical and negative comments indicates the opposite. I don't care
> how many of your friends are Jews. I also find your statements offensive.
> One would hope the list owner would eventually put an end to it.
>
What continous postings about Jews?Since I have been on this list,I
probably have had only less than half a dozen posts about issues that
may be Jewish related (although it could be applied to other groups "if
I look hard enough"). And I am not sure if this could be seen as
statistically significant .
This whole thing parallel cognitive changes in information assessment
where one emphasizes the one negative over abundant positive events.
Michael Sylvester
Daytona Beach,Florida
