Posted by Dinah on January 9, 2003, at 8:39:02
In reply to Re: Extremely bad luck with people, posted by fuzzymind on January 8, 2003, at 19:25:49
> At the destination, he then told me how he would become successful and his life calling , making lots of money like a greedy jew, was better than my life calling.Sorry, but that is what he is ..a moeny worshipping abusive jew. I am a racist myself I guess.
I just wanted to state that racism and racist statements make me feel extremely uncomfortable. I hope you understand that racist statements about Asians would make me feel just as uncomfortable. Perhaps you did not mean this in a racist way, although you directly follow your comment with an admission that you are racist yourself.
Can't you just say he was a greedy person? A money worshipping greedy person? Is his ethnicity of any importance whatsoever? The vast majority of the Jewish people are not greedy. The Jewish obligation of tzedaka has led religious Jews to wonderful acts of philanthropy.
I've never quite understood racism. It always seems to me that individual persons give you plenty enough reason to dislike them. The person who beats his spouse, the person who drives with no regard for others, the person who is rude to store clerks or wait staff. Why is it necessary to dislike a whole group of people?
poster:Dinah
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