From: madhaus@netcom.com (Maddi Hausmann)
Subject:  Why I gave up on my People (was Re: Another Holocaust)
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 92 01:58:04 GMT
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makowsky@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (David Makowsky) writes:
: In article <1992Jul16.225143.6540@unixland.natick.ma.us> sharon@unixland.natick.ma.us (Sharon Machlis Gartenberg) writes:
: 
: # I don't understand your assumption that any Jew who worries about people
: # other than Jews, somehow does not care about the Jewish people. 
: 
: 	Well if they do care, at the very least they have a strange way of
: showing it.  At the most, they have their priorities screwed up.  For
: just one example (out of many), plenty of Jews were arrested
: protesting policies in South Africa.  Most of these Jews did not do
: anything for Soviet Jews, in fact many criticized some attempts on
: behalf of Soviet Jews.  I really do not know why I have to remind you
: of this since it is well known and documented.

And I do not have to quote any reference since they are intuitively
obvious to even the most casual observer. <sarcasm> 
: 
: # >	It is not a matter of caring, it is a matter of priorities.  As to
: # >building a better world, worry about your own home first.
: 
: # First? Or only?
: 
: 	"First".  However, there are only 24 hours in a day, so it may be a
: (completely legitimate) de fact "only".  I should not have to note
: this however.  It should be obvious.

You know, this is the reason I stopped going to synogogue, moved away
from the NY metro area, and pretty much dropped out of the Jewish
Community.  David, your attitudes and opinions are, in my opinion,
offensive.  If you have so little regard for you fellow man, then
at least consider that it is your selfish and provincial mindset
that have alienated many Jews of my generation from the community. 

If I am to commit the time, effort and resources it takes to join a
group, you can bet it will be one that is a force for good and not
evil.  David, I believe your attitude toward humanity is EVIL.  Your
responses to Sharon are disrespectful, and you are disgracing your
own people.  

I hope most of the Jews reading this group are more enlightened
than David, and that the "Us first, everyone else last or not at all"
attitude I grew up with is purged from the collective consciousness.
 
: 	I hope it is not bigoted, as I am not a bigot.  However, bogoted
: or not, it is correct.

You are a bigot, David.  What you call FACT is your selective editing
of history.  Sure, Jews got a raw deal throughout their history.  And
so did other groups.  Your view on the world is bigoted because you
deliberately ignore any information on how any other group suffered,
and you also ignore FACTS about how the Jews persecuted other groups
when they were in power in ancient Jerusalem.  I don't blame the Jews
for this because it is human nature to oppress others.  Heck, look
at what is happening to the Palestinians now; proof that *all* of us
are capable of both suffering and doing great evil.

Don't event bother replying, David; it's obvious you have no interest
in anything other than perpetuation your hateful attitudes. 

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Maddi Hausmann                madhaus@netcom.com
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Maddi Hausmann                madhaus@netcom.com
Humorist, Satirist, Tech Writer.  Take your pick.

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