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In article <[email protected]>,
"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rubbish Mark,
> Anti-Semitism is a jewish excuse for not entertaining fair dinkum criticism.
> So if one criticises a Jew that is anti-Semitism but when a Jew criticises
> that is "A" OK.
Wrong. Criticizing individual Jews or groups of Jews for what they say
or do is perfectly legitimate, as long as it's based on what they say or
do and not just on the mere fact that they are Jews. Ditto criticizing
the Israeli government for its actions in the occupied territories.
Sometimes the line can get a bit fuzzy, but most of the time it is
reasonably clear.
> You hide behind the holocaust with your statements of " Never Again"
Oh, please, give me a break. He hides behind nothing.
>yet you
> do not comment on any other atrocity and the lives lost.
Commenting on the Holocaust does not automatically obligate one to
comment on every other atrocity and genocide throughout history, nor
does failure to comment on other atrocities mean that a person finds
them any less repugnant. This is particularly true when these other
atrocities are not the topic at hand.
>Why ? because those
> people were not jewish.
No, because those atrocities were not the topic at hand.
>Pol Pot's campaign nearly rivalled that of the
> Nazi's but not a word from you.
Um, actually, it didn't.
However, if you want historical examples that surpass the Nazis, the
ones that come to mind are the USSR and China. The number of people
killed under Communism in the USSR and the People's Republic of China
was much higher than killed under Naziism. The difference was that the
killing was spread out over many more years. In the 12 years of the Nazi
regime, the killing rate per year was quite high, particularly during
the last four years of the Nazi regime, when the Holocaust was in full
swing.
>Nor any word on the African massacre's. Only
> the jewish matter.
That wasn't the topic at hand. Why do you want to make it the topic? I
think I know. I highly doubt you actually care about these atrocities
yourself nearly as much as you seem to imply here. (After all, if you
care so deeply about them, then why haven't YOU railed against them
before in contexts other than attacking someone who is talking about the
Holocaust?) No, you're obviously just using them as a convenient tool to
attack Mark when he criticizes Jan for anti-Semitism. (I've seen this
technique used many times on alt.revisionism; so it no longer stymies
me.)
> When you get back to earth you may well realise that there are more people
> that wish for peace for all people not just the jewish people. Shame that
> jewish people like yourself do not express this sentiment.
Straw man. Just because Mark attacks anti-Semitism and urges remembering
the Holocaust does not mean he does not wish for peace just as much as
you or that he does not abhor other atrocities as much as you appear to.
I say "appear," because again I rather suspect that your bringing up is
merely a convenient way to attack Mark.
> Stick to being a loser Mark as it seems to suit your cause..
The only losers are the racists, bigots, and anti-Semites and those who
make excuses for them or defend them.
--
Orac |"A statement of fact cannot be insolent."
|
|"If you cannot listen to the answers, why do you
| inconvenience me with questions?"
"Rod" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Rubbish Mark,
> Anti-Semitism is a jewish excuse for not entertaining fair dinkum criticism.
> So if one criticises a Jew that is anti-Semitism but when a Jew criticises
> that is "A" OK.
Wrong. Criticizing individual Jews or groups of Jews for what they say
or do is perfectly legitimate, as long as it's based on what they say or
do and not just on the mere fact that they are Jews. Ditto criticizing
the Israeli government for its actions in the occupied territories.
Sometimes the line can get a bit fuzzy, but most of the time it is
reasonably clear.
> You hide behind the holocaust with your statements of " Never Again"
Oh, please, give me a break. He hides behind nothing.
>yet you
> do not comment on any other atrocity and the lives lost.
Commenting on the Holocaust does not automatically obligate one to
comment on every other atrocity and genocide throughout history, nor
does failure to comment on other atrocities mean that a person finds
them any less repugnant. This is particularly true when these other
atrocities are not the topic at hand.
>Why ? because those
> people were not jewish.
No, because those atrocities were not the topic at hand.
>Pol Pot's campaign nearly rivalled that of the
> Nazi's but not a word from you.
Um, actually, it didn't.
However, if you want historical examples that surpass the Nazis, the
ones that come to mind are the USSR and China. The number of people
killed under Communism in the USSR and the People's Republic of China
was much higher than killed under Naziism. The difference was that the
killing was spread out over many more years. In the 12 years of the Nazi
regime, the killing rate per year was quite high, particularly during
the last four years of the Nazi regime, when the Holocaust was in full
swing.
>Nor any word on the African massacre's. Only
> the jewish matter.
That wasn't the topic at hand. Why do you want to make it the topic? I
think I know. I highly doubt you actually care about these atrocities
yourself nearly as much as you seem to imply here. (After all, if you
care so deeply about them, then why haven't YOU railed against them
before in contexts other than attacking someone who is talking about the
Holocaust?) No, you're obviously just using them as a convenient tool to
attack Mark when he criticizes Jan for anti-Semitism. (I've seen this
technique used many times on alt.revisionism; so it no longer stymies
me.)
> When you get back to earth you may well realise that there are more people
> that wish for peace for all people not just the jewish people. Shame that
> jewish people like yourself do not express this sentiment.
Straw man. Just because Mark attacks anti-Semitism and urges remembering
the Holocaust does not mean he does not wish for peace just as much as
you or that he does not abhor other atrocities as much as you appear to.
I say "appear," because again I rather suspect that your bringing up is
merely a convenient way to attack Mark.
> Stick to being a loser Mark as it seems to suit your cause..
The only losers are the racists, bigots, and anti-Semites and those who
make excuses for them or defend them.
--
Orac |"A statement of fact cannot be insolent."
|
|"If you cannot listen to the answers, why do you
| inconvenience me with questions?"