Me: "But what really never made any sense to me when I was little was antisemitism. At least a garden variety racist could point out that somebody was a different color than they were, but Jews? I mean, except for the taste in hats, they're the exact same as you. For all bubba knows he might be Jewish himself..."...and don't even get me started on how farcical intramural scrums like Catholic v. Protestant or Orthodox v. Catholic look from here, especially when they take place in countries where half of nobody even goes to church in the first place.
RX: "Oh they swore they could tell. It was 'the nose'. You know, that's what 'a nose for business' originally meant..."
Me: "...heck, I could be Jewish..."
RX: "...and that's why the Ferengi in Star Trek were supposed to be space Jews. And not the good kind of space Jews like the Vulcans, either."
Me: "Well, the Starfleet officer corps was riddled with closeted Jews..."
RX: "And xenosexuals!"
Books. Bikes. Boomsticks.
“I only regret that I have but one face to palm for my country.”
Eh, it all comes down to "We is Us, and They is Them, ergo Them is not Us, ergo Them should die in a fire. RARRRRRRGH."
ReplyDeleteThe above sums up 99% of human history (the remaining 1% being "Hay guyz, check this out!").
Yes, but to a greater or lesser extent, "Them" is "Us", at least until the aliens get here.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but try telling Them that.
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Hey, we'll fight (literally sometimes) over the Bears vs. the Giants, but when someone with a funny (funnier?) accent says that real football is played with a round ball then those Bears and Giants will gladly join to go all hooligan on some United Manchesters.
ReplyDeleteWe're social critters - and social critters are tribal.
Rarrrrgh. heh.
ReplyDeleteYea... I never understood the animosity towards people who were Jewish.
Everytime I dealt someone who had proclaimed their Jewish heritage I had a very pleasant time.
Me: "...heck, I could be Jewish..."
ReplyDeleteBetter check with Mom on that, Tam.
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I blame all ills on people that did not have a sasquatch in their ancestry.
ReplyDeletePinks have no yetinski heritage, and will be harvested when Bob arrives on X-day.
Elvis was a Jew. He was descended from Jews in the female line.
ReplyDeleteJoseph: So was a certain famous austrian megalomaniac, whose name invokes godwins law.
ReplyDeletePS: Only posting as anonymous because being logged into goggle turns comment sections into a gigant error message, blogger is so bugged right now.
Besides I've been in a contest, Jew vs. Yankee Trader.
ReplyDeleteNo matter who won, we both wanted a cigarette afterwards.
Dr. Elizabeth Hirschman has opined that many Americans have Jewish roots due to the large number of closeted Jews who fled the Olde Sodd. Her work may not convince all, but it's worth reading. And at least half of the folks in my neck of the woods could walk down a street in Tel Aviv without the natives muttering, "Tourists!"
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with anti-semitism (in fact my wife is Jewish) but I understand some parts of it. The Jewish community is not without it's good ole boys club. It's also generally quite close knit and in the case of some orthodox communities, can border on insular. I can see why the ignorant would jump to the wrong conclusions.
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