|
Member
|
|
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Map Ref 41N 93W
|
|
Oct 21st, 2003, 03:46 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Abcdxxxx
Can we just lump this in with the Troll dolls and Jews thread?
Let's attack Israel, it's founders, the basis of the Jewish religion, the "naive" victims of the Holocaust, something called "Zionist archeology", qoute Herzl in the 1800's in the context of modern antisemetism, attack the concept of Jews as a disapora, mock Jewish sacrifices for "yahweh", give false population statistics, call Edward Said and Noam Chomskey "bi-nationalists", asserts that Palestinians have been "slaves" for 25 to 50 years, claims the "US is doing Sharon's bidding", cite a book claiming Jews have no use for sovereignty and that Israel has done more damage then the Nazi's, blame the violence in the old testament for seeding the climate for todays conflict, assert that all Israelis are brainwashed by kosher dietary laws, single out the religious fundamentalism that exists in every democratic nation, and attack Jews for their Jewishness by calling them suicidal.
People are so tired of being called antisemites when they're down on Israel that they're writing entire articles, and books collecting essays just to justify themselves...and in the process they're writing nonsense filth like this.... which attacks Jews from every angle of their tradition and existance in order to argue the authors point. Real insightful...and scary. Incredibly Anti-Jewish.
|
How is this article 'Anti-Jewish'? Yes, the author questions and criticizes not only the current political and social structure within the Jewish community, inside and outside of Israel, and yes, he does use striking language and metaphors within the piece. However, at no time does he advocate that Jews should not have a country of their own nor does he criticize for criticism's sake. By the end of essay, he points out what he thinks is one of the problems that is faced by Israelis looking to construct a peace in the Middle East:
Quote:
The purpose of Zionism, and of nationalism in general, is to impose a barrier between one group and another, to limit contact and impede understanding. By emphasizing one aspect of human experience, the ethno-religious in the case of Israel, at the expense of all others, it hobbles communication with those outside the fold.
|
|
__________________
You're cooler than me
|
|
|