Subject: Anti-Semitism
I agree with you on just about everything, but on the subject of anti-Semitism, you're way off base, and to be blunt, a bit out to lunch.
OK, I'll enjoy watching you make your case.
Were you just being negligent in your response to wingnut Bob Glaser?
No, things move really fast here, and I often write in shorthand,
but I'll stand behind what I've written until someone has a better
idea.
I know the guy's just a repug looking for excuses
to attack you, but did you not realize
that he was talking about anti-Semitism directed
against French citizens in France?
Sure, he said it plain as day.
From your response, it seems like you didn't,
and mistakenly thought he was referring to
violence against Jews in Israel. But in
the event that you did understand him correctly and
responded accordingly, am I to understand that
you believe that Jews should simply up and
leave any place where there are people who don't
want them around?
If the alternative is living with people who want to mutilate my daughter's
face - you bet your ass.
Are you really suggesting that every Jew who's
been the victim of bigotry, whether in the
Middle East or Europe or, I suppose, anywhere
else should move to Oklahoma?
It doesn't have to be Oklahoma, but staying in a place where
your kids will have swastika's carved
into their faces seems stupid to me, but then again, I don't have much
of an I.Q.
Scenario: O.J. is chasing Nicole
with a butcher knife and Nicole has the option of jumping
off a cliff to get away from him - I say that's
the right move. Sure, the fall might kill her,
but she's dead for sure if she stays and tries
to fight him - wouldn't you agree with that?
Bob Glaser thought France would suddenly stablize if Ol' Bart condemned
the Muslims.
And since I suggested saving that family instead of making some pointless
condemnation,
he called me Osama. That kind of "logic" is what makes this fight
so never-ending.
People lose their ability to think when this subject comes up - why
is that?
If you have your way, what happens if Oklahomans
begin to resent the influx of Jews,
and start conducting pogroms in the cornfields?
Where should the Jews move then?
To George Bush's Martian colony?
Look at your words:
Place A has people that carve swastikas in kid's faces.
Place B might someday turn into a place where people
carve swastikas in kid's faces,
so we might as well stay in Place A and save the hassle of moving?
I'm glad you're not my Dad.
You have a sharp mind and you're usually on the
side of the angels, but your thinking on the subject
of anti-Semitism in general and the Israeli-Palestinian
problem in particular is not terribly deep, to be kind.
How complicated would you like my answers to be?
People choose to live
in a war zone or a "zone of terror," (France) and when I suggest they move
to a safer spot, you complain that my suggestion isn't complicated
enough to be taken seriously?
Surely you must realize that moving the Jews from
Tel Aviv to Tulsa is simply not a serious option,
so why don't you argue your point in realistic
terms?
It's as serious as your daughter's face.
I think what you're really saying is that it would be "inconvenient"
to move,
so you'd rather gamble and stay where you are.
IF
that's the case, why are you and Bob Glaser whining?
You both are living where you choose to live.
It's like living in Minneapolis and complaining about the snow.
When I suggest you move to Austin, you say, "What
a simplistic answer that is, Bart."
Doesn't the subject deserve it, especially since
you keep bringing it up? I hate to say it, but you sound as
simplistic and unworldly as a certain White House
usurper whose middle name starts with w.
ha ha
Flattering me with get you nowhere.
My way, the kid grows up with an Okie
accent.
Your way, she grows up scarred for life.
Try as you may, you're not able to get past that.
You can call me stupid and naive and "another Dubya" a hundred times,
but my daughter has a smooth, pretty face and your daughter
doesn't.
Fell smart now?
I'm not saying your position is without merits.
It's just that you have yet to communicate any
of them.
Tell that to your daughter on the way to her ninth plastic surgery appointment.
From now on, what do you say you just stipulate
that Jews, like pretty much everyone else
on the planet, are staying right where they are,
whether it's Israel, Paris, Brooklyn, or wherever.
You're saying you're happy with the current conditions and there's
no need for a change.
I assume Bob Glaser agrees with you - so why are you two whining?
Life is great, have a shot of Chinaco and smoke 'em if
you got 'em,
...but there's still that little problem with your daughter's face
Then let's hear some intelligent commentary on
the issue, not some naive, wishful thinking.
If that's not possible, then would you mind giving
the whole matter a rest until you have
something useful to say about it? Otherwise,
you do yourself and your credibility a disservice.
We're going in endless circles - which is why this subject never makes
sense.
Choosing to raise your kids with people
who carve kid's faces is illogical.
You'd see that if you weren't blinded by religious insanity.