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2004-02-13 Europe

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Posted by Desert Blondie 2004-02-13 1:29:47 PM|| || Front Page|| [11131 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 DB - Kudos! Hysterical inline commentary! Big improvement to original! Thx!

Posted by .com 2004-2-13 2:02:01 PM|| 2004-2-13 2:02:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary describes
antiSemitism as hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious, ethnic, or racial group. However, M-W also defines a Semite as a member of any number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs and the descendants of these peoples.

I always wondered why hositility towards the Jews (Hebrews) is called antiSemitism but not when it's directed at the other members of the semite group. Aren't French laws discriminating against Arabs wearing head scarfs also antiSemitism? Just wondering.

Posted by GK 2004-2-13 2:14:53 PM|| 2004-2-13 2:14:53 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 GK -- the term "antisemitism" was invented because it sounds better than "Jew hatred", which it replaced. It has NOTHING to do with Arabs except that many Arabs are antisemites.

Others can give you the details, such as the name of the author that coined the term.

Posted by Robert Crawford 2004-2-13 2:22:26 PM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2004-2-13 2:22:26 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 is proof it is an attempt to pre-empt the borders of their promised future state

Once Chirac learns a new word, he likes to try using it over and over and over again, until he finally grasps its proper meaning.

Posted by B 2004-2-13 2:27:14 PM|| 2004-2-13 2:27:14 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 B - LOL! It took me a minute, but I finally 'got it'! Good one!

Posted by .com 2004-2-13 3:04:31 PM|| 2004-2-13 3:04:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Either Chiraq does not read Le Monde, watch French public TV, read the writings of France's most celebrated "intellectuals and attend concerts featuring Jewish performers; or Chiraq is so blinded by his own internal "Jew hatred" he cannot see it all around him.

Posted by Garrison 2004-2-13 3:42:54 PM|| 2004-2-13 3:42:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Either Chiraq does not read Le Monde, watch French public TV, read the writings of France's most celebrated "intellectuals" and attend concerts featuring Jewish performers; or Chiraq is so blinded by his own internal "Jew hatred" he cannot see it all around him.

Posted by Garrison 2004-2-13 3:43:44 PM|| 2004-2-13 3:43:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Thanks, .com!

Posted by Desert Blondie 2004-2-13 4:48:28 PM|| 2004-2-13 4:48:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 #2,#3. You can learn a lot from .com with the help of Google. It was William Marr, a German, who coined the word anti-Semitism in 1879 for reason you stated, .com. THX
[GA GK :-)]

Posted by GK 2004-2-13 5:47:17 PM|| 2004-2-13 5:47:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 GA GK - wait a minute, what did I step in now? Is this a reference to an ancient (anything older than yesterday, heh) post? Indeed, zee Arabs be semites and, as such, among the mostest confusedest of the scatteredest people of the Earth. Abraham, Meeshak, Chirac, and Abindigo didst lose their way - and thus didst they scatter 10 or 11 of the tribes. But Abdul Aziz (pbuh) married them all together and brought unto the world harmony and peace. Amen.

Posted by .com 2004-2-13 8:27:37 PM|| 2004-2-13 8:27:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Garrison, He has to be blinded. His wife was at the concert, and he talks to her. Sorta..,maybe..,uh..I think..,never mind.

Posted by Mike H. 2004-2-13 9:11:02 PM|| 2004-2-13 9:11:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Okay they aren't anti-semites. How about Jew hating bastards? Would that work for jake?

Posted by tu3031 2004-2-13 10:25:10 PM|| 2004-2-13 10:25:10 PM|| Front Page Top

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