In response to Friday's article about alleged anti-Semitism:
Why is it that when one disagrees with Israeli policy they are labeled as anti-Semitic? Even when a Jew disagrees with Israel, he's anti-Semitic. Are you so willing to eat your own kind? Where is the freedom of speech? It's okay to publicly denounce God and any president we've ever had, but it's not okay to criticize Israel?
In Israel, by court decision, cruel and unusual punishment (a.k.a. torture) of prisoners is allowed during interrogation. I don't think that's very humane, so does that make me anti-Semitic? I don't think we need to mention Israel on the front page of every newspaper everyday. Is that anti-Semitic? I don't think Israel and Palestine need our financial assistance; there are lots of other destitute countries that need help. Does that make me anti-Semitic? The answer is no to all of the above.
I'm going to go ahead and agree with Paul Ott and say that I believe that publicly, the line between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism is blurred. Honestly, there is no anti-Semitism, only apathy or lack of interest. Are Jews being hunted? I haven't seen any cattle cars or swastikas or even one single skinhead. So your rebuttal to my statement is probably going to be: "it's a conspiracy," "you are an anti-Semite," "everyone hates Jews but won't say it" - and a whole bunch of other crap. How about this, Israel: stop playing up the national guilt and lighten up, you aren't the center of the world.
