Comments on: Darfur–Will liberal Jews ever learn?

By: James

James — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:27:03 +0000

Hey Eric,

I like your rhetoric. Thanks for being honest.

James

By: Class Opinion

Class Opinion — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:22:15 +0000

Dear Eric,

Our Grade 12 class found your comments very… thought provoking!

We will try to be less liberal. Yet we can’t help caring. Life is complex.

BTW, you generalize a lot. But we understand — this is a blog — you have to generalize to get your point across.

If you help people who hate you, maybe they will start liking you. I know it won’t always work.

Good article — been looking for an article like this since July.

-The Class

By: ted lasky

ted lasky — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:05:16 +0000

Jewish Republican is an oxymoron. Sure, Jews need to be responsible and self-supporting, but Republican morals (actually the lack of them) regarding helping the poor, helping those in medical need, helping build better public education systems are antithetical to historic Jewish values.

Most conservatives I know consider it just fine to deny medical coverage to those who cannot afford it. Is America a country or company. Do you really like the American under Bush better than the America under Clinton? If you say ‘yes’, you are also a liar.

By: Ben S.

Ben S. — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:28:19 +0000

Perfectly Stated, especially for making it imlicit that people should stop putting the pressure on America to go into Darfur (we’re doing our part in the middle-east) but instead everyone else should do something. Also, I agree that the 75% of Jews in this country that are liberal (well at least democrats) need a slap across the face. I’m Jewish myself and find them just plain dumb.

O and Tina who had post # 12, be serious, you just admitted that where you come from is ignorant because they don’t even know Judaism exists. So who are you to judge whether the whole world (which means basically the whole world) hates Jews?

O and your comment that your Jewish friends are sensible is arbitrary and probably partisan, because I”M GUESSING (and not sure) that you probably think they are sensible because they agree with your political (or other) views.

O and don’t give me this crap about being insulted. Stop wasting everyone’s time, talking about how you’ re personally insulted. KEEP IT PITHY NEXT TIME!!!!

O and Trooper…WELL SAID!!! But when you stated:

“That was His Promise to Israel, and despite the punishments over time (because there were times when Israel strayed from the LORD), He has always returned His Face to shine upon them. ”

I hope you don’t mean to say that Jews have been brutalized for thousands of years for “straying from the lord”…I hope you are not saying the holocaust is a punishment to Jews for not following the new testament.

O and Doctorbulldog…I like what you had to say…makes sense to me

O and Micky…seems to me like someone had a great father…a real man

But you say you don’t understand why there is all this hatred for jews…and then you answer it with the rest of the paragraph…those reasons are probably the exact answers…especially the fact that people are unhappy that the underdog can kick some ass

Best Wishes All!!!!!!!!!

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 04:25:32 +0000

I was born to hindu parents but have no belief in any religion–was searching for information on jewish holidays when I came by this post. As far as I remember no one in the region I come from has any or any negative feelings towards jewish people. infact most people do not even know that such a religion exists.

Anyways the point of my comment is how very disturbed i became when read this post quote from this article:
“The world hates you. They want to kill you. You are the source of all the evil in this world. If you need proof of this, I can tell you about my father’s experiences in 1940s Germany. Nothing has changed. You cannot make the world a better place, because most people that you want to help think that the world would be a better place if you were dead. These thoughts would be turned into action in a moment’s notice if it became feasible”

By saying the word” the world ” I feel the person who is writing this article is insulting and abusing me –what do i care about “hating ” someone..So please stop generalizing and insulting the people of the world. For your information there are many type of people from many religions , race, ethnic backgrounds and countries.
It is sick to see people spouting such nonsense. Fortunately I have many jewish friends who are sensible. so please stop making such generic accusations and insulting people of the world. We have better things to do than “hate” some group and Just as there are good and bad people in your religion
there are good people who do not belong to your religons

By: Jews To Blame In Darfur, Muslims Innocent « Waste of My Oxygen

Jews To Blame In Darfur, Muslims Innocent « Waste of My Oxygen — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:50:54 +0000

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By: Trooper TK421

Trooper TK421 — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 18:13:23 +0000

As someone soon entering the US Navy, I say that if Israel were to finally go on the well-deserved rampage over the hostile Arab Nations surrounding her, I’d be screaming all the way up the chain of command, right to the Commander-in-Chief (whoever he or…*shudder*…she may be), to give all possible aid to Israel. Surge our SSBNs, SSGNs, fast-attack, carrier groups, pull the entire Marine Corps into it if need be. Intel and materiel are not the limits to the aid I would advocate giving to Israel.

As a private citizen (which I still am until March), I think Condoleezza Rice has her head up her ass for “offering” to push Israel back to pre-1967 borders, when most of us who’ve studied history in more depth than what’s spoon-fed to us in schools know that what the Arabs want (and will not stop until they get it or are dead) is Israel returning to pre-1948 borders, or perhaps to where they were gathered in the defunct Reich.

America has been, and MUST REMAIN, the staunchest ally of Israel in the world. Those who bless Israel will be blessed by Israel and Her G-d, while those who curse her will be cursed. That was His Promise to Israel, and despite the punishments over time (because there were times when Israel strayed from the LORD), He has always returned His Face to shine upon them. As Christians and Americans, we must defend the Children of Israel against her enemies, but always as brothers in faith.

By: Aurora

Aurora — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:46:58 +0000

Sorry, I added some extra text after the fact and this sounds weird…Please ignore!
I am a Christian and I love Jews, not just because I’m a Christian (which I am).

By: Aurora

Aurora — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:45:52 +0000

I don’t understand anti-semitism…Well, I have my theories which I won’t go into here. I am a Christian and I love Jews, not just because I’m a Christian (which I am). I love their guts and their fighting spirit! The heroes like Golda Meier and Moshe Dayan while not perfect epitomize that fighting spirit, but the vast majority of Jewish heroes are the ones you don’t hear about unless you read the history of Israel; all the anecdotes which talk about amazing courage and self-sacrifice of nobodies in the hills defending their little villages and communities.
Anyway, about the Darfur situation, what many people don’t know beyond the fact that the government sanctioned (and still protect the Janjaweed) but since the displacement and genocide, that same government has invited in foreign Arabs to walk onto the land left vacant by the fleeing Africans (many of whom are not Muslims) and ‘given’ it to them while thousands exist rather than live, with no idea of what they’re going to do tomorrow in refugee camps in the middle of nowhere. This is a horrific story of land theft and of a (Muslim) government’s collusion in genocide. The evil that exists in this corner of the world can’t help but affect us all down the track.

By: Stormwarning

Stormwarning — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 17:24:19 +0000

I’m pretty relieved that you don’t speak for or represent all Jews. I don’t make a distinction between liberal or not Jewish people. Now, I could be wrong, but…