tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post3216496050642736167..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Time Magazine Sports Anti-Semitic Cover For The Jewish New YearFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-83027516936824288662010-09-07T13:52:24.965-07:002010-09-07T13:52:24.965-07:00Mark Twain was definitely a philo-Semite with a h...Mark Twain was definitely a philo-Semite with a high regard for the Jewish people, as the link to his entire piece I provided makes clear.<br /><br />The use of the quote was intended to underline the traditionally anti-Semitic nature of the Time article, as the preceding para should have highlighted..<br /><br />Regards,<br />RobFreedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-43825865997704412662010-09-07T13:44:47.629-07:002010-09-07T13:44:47.629-07:00The Mark Twain quote is meant ironically. It slyly...The Mark Twain quote is meant ironically. It slyly pokes fun at the then-rampant Antisemitism of his era. Rather than using it as a clear example of historic Antisemitism, we ought to celebrate the bravery with which Twain attacked the bigotries of his day.ed waldo (Hart Williams)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01085992353277366448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-61610577917489147622010-09-06T19:16:54.835-07:002010-09-06T19:16:54.835-07:00Have just stumbled across a video report re the Ma...Have just stumbled across a video report re the Mahometanisation of Paris & France. It can be found at many sites, eg, 1) "Islamization of Paris in Full Swing" dated Monday, September 6, 2010 at frogsmoke dot com ( where I 1st encountered it ) ; 2) "Islamisation of Paris : A Warning to the West." at youtube dot com ; 3)" 'Islamization' of Paris a Warning to the West - CBN ... " also at youtube dot com. They are the same video, so please take your pick of portal. ( I assume the cbn site referenced would also have a viewing copy ).<br /> I'm left speechless. I suddenly feel very old. That is not my Paris. It's not just Paris either. I spoke with some old friends about 6 months ago, & they told me that the under-20 population of Marseille is uncontrollable ( the demographics there are terrifying ). --dragon/dinosaur PS, November 2012 can't come too quickly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-41545464253407410892010-09-06T17:46:07.200-07:002010-09-06T17:46:07.200-07:00Fair enough DD.
Cheerfully withdrawn.
Regards,
Ro...Fair enough DD.<br />Cheerfully withdrawn.<br /><br />Regards,<br />RobFreedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-34056868727742786592010-09-06T17:35:16.095-07:002010-09-06T17:35:16.095-07:00To Mr Miller : Voltaire generally detested all or...To Mr Miller : Voltaire generally detested all organised religion, & , indeed, one could read carefully selected articles from his ' dictionary ' & term him anti-Christianity, anti-Mahometanism, anti-Judaism, anti-all-organised-religion. He was often maligned as an atheist ; however, that is slander, for he was a Deist & fully accepted the Aristotlean 1st-cause argument ( as do I -- at most, I can be a very liberal Nicene-Creed Protestant ).<br /> I must confess, to my embarrassment, that I had not read the Wikipedia article re Voltaire. I have just done so in order to see if there is anything a propos of this which I previously had been incognisant of. I was delighted to see a nice article ( viz, the 21.37 GMT, 5 September 2010, Iridescent version : NB, vandalism by schoolchildren is a continuous bane there ! ) which includes a section titled ' Religion ' which examines this issue. It is too lengthy to reproduce here, but I recommend & endorse it. It admirably points out that Voltaire wrote numerous eloquent pamphlets attacking anti-Semitism. I have read them : they are not the products of an anti-Semite. The section even mentions ' Jewish Voltairians '. Please, I beg you, do not confuse his general views on religious practice, particularly ancient religious practice, particularly Christian, with his views of people as members of a race or religion. Few people have accomplished as much as he in the march forward out of the Dark Ages which we now hail as the Enlightenment. --dragon/dinosaurAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-54342162745661765932010-09-06T16:29:00.126-07:002010-09-06T16:29:00.126-07:00Well said, DD.
Actually, Israel is on the road to...Well said, DD.<br /><br />Actually, Israel is on the road to harvest <a href="http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/news.aspx/139163" rel="nofollow">its own black gold</a> in the near future.<br /><br />The difference between what they will do with their oil wealth and what the Arabs have done with theirs will be palpable...and cause for more hatred and resentment.<br /><br />Regards,<br />Rob<br /><br />BTW, Volaire was, by most reports, a notorious anti-Semite.Freedom Fighterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-28350730196548702772010-09-06T16:18:16.748-07:002010-09-06T16:18:16.748-07:00My old friend Voltaire once quipped : si Dieu n...My old friend Voltaire once quipped : si Dieu n'existait pas, il faudrait l'inventer ( if God didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent him ). I have no doubt that he has been following all of the news whilst upstairs & has updated his quip to : if Israel didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent her. The Arab world sits on land underneath which there is an ocean of oil -- black gold. They have their own petroleum cartel. Everyone in the Arab world should be as rich as Croesus. ( & Everyone in Nigeria ! ) But corruption, bigotry, ideology, terrorism rule the roost or roast. The rulers need a scapegoat, voila, Israel. It will remain thus till all of the commercially-exploitable petroleum, & the resultant petrodollars, have been exhausted. Even then, Peace will require the existence of a yet-unborn generation of Arab Mahometans unwilling to continue pursuing the failed cul-de-sac paths of their wretched ancestors. Viz, it can't be the current vitriolic, virulent, malignant, misogynous, bitter, poisonous generation which obtains currently : they are trapped in what we once termed ' vis inertiae ', an inertia poisoning the mind, soul, & spirit. A new president elected in 2012 will encourage the Israelis to construct a permanent border wall shielding all of the old territory, all of Jerusalem, plus as much contiguous post-1967 territory as they, at their sole discretion, deem advisable for military & settlement purposes. Then, wait it out. At some point, a young generation of Vikings refused to follow the orders of their elders. They refused to plunder, rape, murder, & steal. They said no. They refused to be enslaved. When people stand united & say no, wonderful things happen. <br />( The treatment of the Jews & Israel reminds me of the Japanese experience : the Burakumins -- correct orthograpyhy ? -- are ethnic Japanese but are discriminated against because they are descended from leather workers & a few other occupations of the ca AD 1100s to the ca AD 1600s --correct dating?-- They were simply scapegoated arbitrarily. ) Sorry for length of this post. Had I had the time, I should have made it shorter ! --dragon/dinosaurAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-49498031047557901302010-09-06T11:39:58.263-07:002010-09-06T11:39:58.263-07:00Thanks for that postThanks for that postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com