Comments on: Auschwitz 1945 http://therazor.org/index.php?p=310 An online journal dedicated to the search for Absolute Truth - whenever and wherever it is found. en Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:48:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.2 by: rl http://therazor.org/index.php?p=310#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2005 12:39:14 -0600 6150:310@http://therazor.org “The problem for the intellectual elite is relevance, and the solution? Blame the Jews.” Scott - What the hell are you talking about? What intellectual elite? Who’s blaming the Jews for anyting? Huh!?! Cheers - “The problem for the intellectual elite is relevance, and the solution? Blame the Jews.”

Scott -

What the hell are you talking about? What intellectual elite? Who’s blaming the Jews for anyting?

Huh!?!

Cheers -

]]> by: Scott Kirwin http://therazor.org/index.php?p=310#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:05:40 -0600 6152:310@http://therazor.org Russ The intellectual elite that is calling for a boycott of Israeli scientists. The elite that demands divestment from Israel. The elite that works at news organizations like the Spectator that says “Sure we should remember the 6 million dead Jews, but what about the atrocities in Jenin?” Yeah, 55 dead terrorists vs 6 million dead men, women and children. For sources, check israpundit.com, LGF and honestreporting.com (Spectator link) - three blogs on my daily reading list. Russ
The intellectual elite that is calling for a boycott of Israeli scientists. The elite that demands divestment from Israel. The elite that works at news organizations like the Spectator that says “Sure we should remember the 6 million dead Jews, but what about the atrocities in Jenin?” Yeah, 55 dead terrorists vs 6 million dead men, women and children.

For sources, check israpundit.com, LGF and honestreporting.com (Spectator link) - three blogs on my daily reading list.

]]> by: Russell http://therazor.org/index.php?p=310#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:22:19 -0600 6154:310@http://therazor.org Scott - What you’ve shown me with these links is the following: 1. A Muslim group at USC that doesn’t like Jewish people 2. A commentator in the UK who doesn’t like the policies of Israel regarding the Palestinians, and who makes a stupid comparison of Jenin to Auschwitz. I have no comment regarding the first other than to say they’re a bunch of dumb asses. Regarding the second, many people who are not anti-semitic disagree with Israel’s policy concerning Palestine. Many Jewish people disagree with Israel’s policy concerning Palestine. In fact, many Israelis disagree with the same. That doesn’t make them anti-semitic. Many people use the Holocaust rhetorically to inflate the gravity of various injustices. Somewhat ironically, the guy in the Spectator article has done so in a situation where the Israeli IDF is the antagonist. Don’t think that makes him anti-semitic. Not all the dead people at Jenin were terrorists, BTW. Anti-semitism is a prejudice against Jews. Opposing the policies of the political state of Israel is not anti-semitism. Inflating the gravity of various tragic, or even non-tragic, events by comparing them to the Holocaust is overblown rhetoric, and is disrespectul of the actual suffering of the victims of the Nazis, but it’s not anti-semitism. When people talk about the “intellectual elite", I frankly have no idea who they’re talking about. The phrase is nothing but jargon. It has no substance. Folks who set the agenda for intellectual and political discourse in this country come from both, or I should say all, sides of the fence politically. “Liberals” have no monopoly on the megaphone. Cheers - Scott -

What you’ve shown me with these links is the following:

1. A Muslim group at USC that doesn’t like Jewish people
2. A commentator in the UK who doesn’t like the policies of Israel regarding the Palestinians, and who makes a stupid comparison of Jenin to Auschwitz.

I have no comment regarding the first other than to say they’re a bunch of dumb asses.

Regarding the second, many people who are not anti-semitic disagree with Israel’s policy concerning Palestine. Many Jewish people disagree with Israel’s policy concerning Palestine. In fact, many Israelis disagree with the same. That doesn’t make them anti-semitic.

Many people use the Holocaust rhetorically to inflate the gravity of various injustices. Somewhat ironically, the guy in the Spectator article has done so in a situation where the Israeli IDF is the antagonist. Don’t think that makes him anti-semitic.

Not all the dead people at Jenin were terrorists, BTW.

Anti-semitism is a prejudice against Jews. Opposing the policies of the political state of Israel is not anti-semitism. Inflating the gravity of various tragic, or even non-tragic, events by comparing them to the Holocaust is overblown rhetoric, and is disrespectul of the actual suffering of the victims of the Nazis, but it’s not anti-semitism.

When people talk about the “intellectual elite", I frankly have no idea who they’re talking about. The phrase is nothing but jargon. It has no substance.

Folks who set the agenda for intellectual and political discourse in this country come from both, or I should say all, sides of the fence politically. “Liberals” have no monopoly on the megaphone.

Cheers -

]]> by: Scott Kirwin http://therazor.org/index.php?p=310#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:24:59 -0600 6161:310@http://therazor.org Russ I first replied with a lengthy post, then a short one after that. For some reason it didn’t like my code and I lost both. Here’s my points: 1. Read www.frontpagemag.com, www.memri.com and get email updates from honestreporting.com for news on anti-semitism in academia and the media - where most of my “intellectual elite’ mentioned above reside. 2. Put two Jews in a room and you’ll get 3 opinions. There are some Jews who are against the existence of Israel. So you’ll find Jews on nearly all sides of issues. 3. If you are against the existence of Israel, you are against Judaism and anti-semitic since Israel is a part of the Jewish identity. It would be like saying you weren’t anti-Catholic but calling for the overthrow of the Pope. Finally, I can’t argue concisely about this issue because it’s so broad and touches upon many areas. We can start, however, by checking out the sites mentioned above. Regards, Scott K. Russ
I first replied with a lengthy post, then a short one after that. For some reason it didn’t like my code and I lost both.

Here’s my points:
1. Read www.frontpagemag.com, www.memri.com and get email updates from honestreporting.com for news on anti-semitism in academia and the media - where most of my “intellectual elite’ mentioned above reside.

2. Put two Jews in a room and you’ll get 3 opinions. There are some Jews who are against the existence of Israel. So you’ll find Jews on nearly all sides of issues.

3. If you are against the existence of Israel, you are against Judaism and anti-semitic since Israel is a part of the Jewish identity. It would be like saying you weren’t anti-Catholic but calling for the overthrow of the Pope.

Finally, I can’t argue concisely about this issue because it’s so broad and touches upon many areas. We can start, however, by checking out the sites mentioned above.

Regards,
Scott K.

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