In a message dated 2/12/2004 10:43:03 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Also, to understand ones disfavor one must put it in historical > context. In the 17 & 1800s there was much disdane for Jewish > comunities becouse they did something specific that was considered at > the time to be immoral. They lent or barrowed money for intrest. Only because they were barred from doing much else. By the way as soon as christians realized that this was a good and necessary business they took it away from the jews.
Now > we do not think anything of such a practice becouse it is no-longer > considered by our culture to be vial. But you must take anti-semitism > at the time in context. OK lets take it context. What mass murder, mass expulsion,denial of property rights,seizure of property over the course of 1500 hundred years was taken out of context. The jews were hated because they were jews. . The resentment then came from the fact that one group was, > by doing something akin to being illegal, taking money away from > everyone else. You should really read some history. This post is truly outragious. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
