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- From: jthomas@netsys.com (Jim Thomas)
- Newsgroups: bit.listserv.words-l
- Subject: Re: Deep beliefs
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.040106.24608@netsys.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 04:01:06 GMT
- References: <WORDS-L%92122116094243@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
- Organization: Netsys Inc.
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- In article <WORDS-L%92122116094243@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU> ll23%nemomus@ACADEMIC.NEMOSTATE.EDU writes:
- >Posted on 21 Dec 1992 at 15:27:00 by Peter Montgomery
- >>Obviously you haven't experienced that kind of mockery, or you would
- >>understand. A more commonly used word is prejudice. Hitler & co. mocked
- >>Jewish beliefs unmercifully. Is that something to be tolerated? In-
- >
- >Huh? I don't remember Jewish *beliefs* being mocked by white supremacists.
-
- Historically, it has been Jewish *beliefs* ("non-Christian") that provided
- the basis for symbolizing their "evil." Check out the writings of the KKK
- and the Aryan Nation, among others.
-
- >Chinese American who was clubbed to death in Detroit several years ago
- >wasn't killed for his *beliefs*--he was killed because the stupid auto
-
- He was killed because they perceived Japanese workers to be taking
- jobs away from US workers through the high sales of Japanese cars.
- There was also a spate of trashing Japanese cars in Detroit. Here, the
- issue were a bizarre economic logic by those being victimized by US
- production practices (or lack of them).
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