From: max_demian@bigfoot.com 
  
 On 08/08/2025 17:45, billy bookcase wrote: 
 > "Max Demian"  wrote in message 
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 >> On 07/08/2025 21:24, billy bookcase wrote: 
 >>> "Jeff Gaines"  wrote in message 
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 >>> 
 >>>> If we do have that then what is the equivalent of antisemitism for Arabs 
 or Scots or 
 >>>> Methodists? I think we are talking about race with antisemitism not 
 religion as I 
 >>>> mistakenly thought. 
 >>> 
 >>> People who just hate Jews aren't fussy. 
 >>> 
 >>> It really is as simple as that. 
 >>> 
 >>> There is unimpeachable historical evidence of people persecuting 
 >>> and latterly murdering large numbers of Jews going back over 
 >>> 1000 years. 
 >>> 
 >>> Unlike any other group of people. 
 >> 
 >> No, Jews are just "special", for some reason. 
 > 
 > Yes as I just said; they've been persecuted for at least the last 1000 
 years 
  
 That's (mostly) ancient history, and more than compensated by the 
 murderous behaviour of the state of Israel since it was created. 
 >>   I can understand Germans with their "war guilt", but we've got noting to 
 >> be ashamed of, 
 > 
 > So you're saying that Jews were never persecuted in Britain ? 
 > 
 > And that it wasn't a British Foreign Secretary, Arthur Balfour who 
 > issued a Statement on behalf of the British Government in 1917, 
 > announcing its support for the establishment of a "National Home 
 > for the Jewish people"in Palestine, 
 > 
 > Which is basically what helped kicked the whole thing off 30 years years 
 > later; when Britain was still administering Palestine 
  
 Apparently Balfour was (to some extent) motivated by antisemitism and a 
 desire to remove Jews from Britain, like (some) Germans before WW2. 
 (Palestine was one German suggestion, together with Madagascar.) 
 >   > unlike 
 >> Israelis/Zionists and their supporters/apologists in every synagogue world 
 wide. 
 > 
 > What exactly has any of that got to do with anti-semitism ? 
  
 Rabbis could be asked whether they support the murder of Arabs. 
  
 > And the fact that Jews have been persecuted  for over the last 1000 years ? 
  
 History, as I noted above. 
  
 > And an easy target in their role as being Gods Chosen People for every 
 > Country or individual who simply can't face up to the fact that they've 
 > been abject failures in life*; and so are thrashing around for somebody 
 > else to blame. 
 > 
 > In a word Anti-Semites 
 I think it would be better if the word "antisemitism" was removed from 
 the English language. (It's never been clear whether it's based on race, 
 religion or whatever.) 
  
 Maybe people wouldn't be so keen to claim Jewishness. 
  
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 Max Demian 
  
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