Re: [Pen-l] who let the dogs out?

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

 raghu wrote:
> I think that goes back to the age-old stereotype of Jews as
> Shylock-type usurers and money-changers.

I'd blame the usual need for scape-goats in times of crisis (in all
those societies suffering from social divisions). It's often
money-changers or middle-men. It's much the same phenomenon as the
ill-treatment given to those from India in East Africa on occasion.
The overseas Chinese also seen this kind of treatment. The list goes
on...

> I wonder if this brand of anti-Semitism makes it harder for reasonable
> people to criticize Israeli imperialism in Gaza..

definitely. The Holocaust and milder examples of this phenomenon are
always used to justify/defend Israel, no matter what it does.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing
in government and business."  -- Tom Robbins
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