by Floyd Smoots » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:39 am
Jeffrey, you, of all Rigorously Intuited people should absolutely know by now, that there is no "Race of Jews". Today, those who subscribe to the Jewish Religion are, like their much-disparaged Christian brothers & sisters, a mix of every "nation, tribe, and tongue". Zionism is not racism, at least from Israel's point of view.<br><br>Some folks may differ, and accuse Zionists (political affiliation) with being some of the worst racists we have met since the Nazi's. Just ask the Palestinians. Anti-Zionism, is by the same definition, not racism. It's a political position. You cannot, in the scientific world of DNA testing, "find" a Jewish Race. You can, however "find" a Semitic Race. This race also includes Arabs, and probably a few other identifiable peoples.<br><br>True "Anti-Semitism" is a disparagement of anyone from that racial group. Hating the people of Iraq and Iran is absolutely, scientifically as Anti-Semitic (if not more so) as hating Israelis, most of whom are not, by any stretch of the science of genetics, Semitic.<br><br>But then Jeff, comes the infamous "slippery slope". If you deign, here in your world, on your blog, to ban speech that is Anti-Jewish (the Religion), then, I posit that you must also ban any and all posts here that are Anti-Pagan/New Age (ALL of mine), Anti-Christian (most of your "peeps"), Anti-Muslim (too darned few to even find), Anti-Atheist/Agnostic (again, most of mine), and any others that disparage anyone's firmly held religious beliefs.<br><br>Or, you could just decide to be like ancient Rome, invite us into the Coliseum's Combat Arena, and sit back and watch us go at each other with "hammer and tongs". But even I see the danger of that. While we're busy "tearing each other's electronic throats out", "THEY" are still busy plotting our ultimate demise, and, in the meantime, stealing as many of our chickens that they can!<br><br>I don't have any easy answers. Beware of any of us wierdos here who claim to. I hope, though, that I have posted a few serious questions for you, and all of us to think about.<br><br>Respectfully Submitted,<br>Alexander Franklin Mutter, B.A., D.s.b.<br> <p></p><i></i>