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Here is a family that didn't get your message about being "real life".
My point is this - most American Jews know the difference between what is real life and what a 15th century Rabbi interpreted. Do your own research, and do not believe everything you read on the internet (even if it's quoted on ATS :lol
“Sexual intercourse with non- Jews is like sexual intercourse with animals”
Kethuboth 3b
Originally posted by StinkyFeet
reply to post by intrepid
I agree with you that it is incredibly sad when innocent people are killed in war. The sad truth is that if we appease Iran and let them develop nukes then we are just setting up a different group of innocent civilians that will be killed.
Originally posted by stevegmu
reply to post by Drexl
Given that this is an internet forum, not a doctoral dissertation, anti-Semite will do. Most understand it is used to describe those who are bigoted and racist toward Jews.
[edit on 6-10-2009 by stevegmu]
Originally posted by mattpryor
reply to post by Recouper
the term anti-Semitism originates in the 1880s and explicitly means prejudice against Jews. The debate about who is or isn't a racial Semite is academic and irrelevant when discussing anti-Semitism.
Originally posted by mattpryor
reply to post by Recouper
I think it is erroneous to suggest that American Jews hold their opinions in isolation to the rest of society. Having not seen any opinion polls on American attitudes towards a military strike against Iran I cannot say whether Jewish opinion is merely a microcosm of mainstream opinion or whether it bucks the trend.
Originally posted by mattpryor
As for racist attitudes driving opinion, I'm not sure if there is any evidence for this assumption. I don't think Jews are any more or less racist than any other demographic group.
Originally posted by mattpryor
The BBC has been trying the tactic you suggest in the UK by showing numerous documentaries about Iranian culture. All nice and good, and probably has the desired effect of reducing the average person's appetite for war. But it does not address the fact that while the BBC mollifies us against war, the Iranian leadership is whipping up hatred against Israel, the US and the UK on a nearly weekly basis.
Originally posted by mattpryor
So yes it is possible to "disarm" the public through education and awareness. But when the other side is doing the exact opposite this seems to be a perverse method of conflict resolution
Originally posted by KAKUSA