Would Scotland's leaving the union be good for Europe? | 83 comments (83 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Would Scotland's leaving the union be good for (none / 1)

Yes, far-right (even anti-semitic) Jews.

Reminds me of an article I read about jewish israeli youths of russian ancestry who stood before court for desecrating a (jewish) cemetary in Israel with nazi-symbols. It appeared both the court and the journalist was a bit confused of what to make of it.

I did not save the link though.

Sweden's finest (and perhaps only) collaborative, leftist e-newspaper Synapze.se

by A swedish kind of death on Wed Jan 17th, 2007 at 07:10:44 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Would Scotland's leaving the union be good for (none / 0)

I think that could be more counted as a silly prank. A more strange and much graver case I read of long ago was that of a female Jewish Gestapo officer who hunted Jews in Nazi Germany (sorry, don't remember any details).

But either way, one shouldn't be that surprised: that generalising about groups of people (groups which can't even be properly defined) is false also means that prejudices aren't uniform either, so there may be prejudiced people some of the other prejudiced include in the Evil Group while they themselves don't.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Wed Jan 17th, 2007 at 07:21:33 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Would Scotland's leaving the union be good for (none / 1)

As I remember it, the youths were quite serious in their neo-naziness. You know (euro) far-right uniform, nazi symbols and such.

But either way, one shouldn't be that surprised: that generalising about groups of people (groups which can't even be properly defined) is false also means that prejudices aren't uniform either, so there may be prejudiced people some of the other prejudiced include in the Evil Group while they themselves don't.

And of course you are right.

Sweden's finest (and perhaps only) collaborative, leftist e-newspaper Synapze.se

by A swedish kind of death on Wed Jan 17th, 2007 at 07:50:59 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Which is why (none / 1)

so many Israelis question the "Jewishness" of many of the Russian immigrants. Some extremists claim that as many as half of the immigrants don't have a drop of Jewish "blood." And even the Israeli Bureau of Statistics acknowledges that 23% of the Russians are not Jewish even by the lax standards of the Law of Return.

by Matt in NYC on Thu Jan 18th, 2007 at 01:50:14 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Would Scotland's leaving the union be good for Europe? | 83 comments (83 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Top Diaries

UNGA: West Censors the South and East

EU VDL State of the Union -- Managing Decay

Rugby World Cup 2023 Week 1 review

Reactionary Visions and eNtiTiES

Sovereignty 2040

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - September 2023

Recent Diaries

UNGA: West Censors the South and East

A Tale by Benjamin Franklin

Fail in Democracy Return to Authoritarianism

Yemen From Ceasefire to Peace Talks?

Huge Cost Proxy War of Choice

EU VDL State of the Union -- Managing Decay

Reactionary Visions and eNtiTiES

Top Military War Planning Under Joe Biden - Ukraine

Rugby World Cup 2023 Week 1 review

Joe's Fuck the EU -- Showdown

Modi G20 One Earth, One Family, One Future

Conflict In Syria's Deir Ezzor Province

Sovereignty 2040

Some September Food/Ag Events

September 2023

The Leading International Pariah State

Energy (and Other) Events Monthly - September 2023

BREAKING: The Free State of Gabon

Ukraine Halting China's BRI Project to EU

Europe Reverts 100 Years

Occasional Series