From: pindor@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Andrzej Pindor)
Subject: Re: Nazi camps
Organization: UTCS Public Access
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 17:56:57 GMT

In article <1992Aug30.193108.23197@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> s1137020@giaec.cc.monash.edu.au (Mariusz Prokopczyk) writes:

>1. Note: %population       ~10
>         %trade businesses  49.5
>         %shops             82.1

My understanding of the numbers was that 82.1% of Jewish owned shops were 
one-person businesses, and not that 82.1% of shops were owned by Jews.
Would the person who gave the original statistc clear this up?  

>2. Recall recent events in Los Angeles where anger against white man
>   mostly turned against the Korean shop owners (perception that
>   the owner exploits me through too high prices).
>
>3. There were lately demonstrations in Australia (and probably in Ireland)
>   against the bank in Ulster which employed only 17% of catholics whereas
>   actual percentage in population was thirty something (I am not sure of
>   the second digit). There must be some reason why some group of people
>   feel disadvantaged I suppose.
>
>4. In general try to divide the reasons into two segments:
>   a) resistance of higher class perceiving in such situation Jewish
>      activity as a threat to their wellbeing or even existence.
>   b) resistance of wider society perceiving as being exploited by
>      foreign minority.
>
>5. Additional hostility are flowing from fact that Jews had tendency
>   to hold closed, clan-like relations (partially due to their different
>   religion) in isolation to the rest of the society (and unknown is always
>   perceived as a threat).
>
>6. Study of the last military coup in Fiji might be of help as it was
>   closely related to conflict of different nationalities.
>
>Hope it will be of help.
>
I am not sure I understand what these examples you give are supposed to 
imply? That it is all right for Poles to hate Jews and that the Poles
committing crimes against Jews were justified because Fijians did a similiar
thing (or blacks in LA attacked Koreans)? If you mean to show that Poles are
no worse (and no better) than Irish Protestants shooting Catholics and vice
versa, then you may have a point. Except that being born and raised in Poland
I am concerned about Polish affairs and that is why I subscribe to soc.culture.
polish and not other groups and feel I have something to say here, since I 
know background better than in other cases you mention. 

>Please spare us any conclusions yet. If you will get rejected by s.c.j.
              ^^
>then I would suggest you to try alt.religious.new or similar newsgroup.
>I am sure you are clever enough to find some groups for your ideas.
>But please leave us alone. We most certainly desire the wide participation
                  ^^        ^^
Are you talking about yourself in plural? Kings used to do it, are you from 
a royal line? I hope you do not aspire to represent other participants 
in this group! I certainly do not recall giving you a permission to speak in 
my name.

>but not of the sort you offered so far. I hope that as a person looking
>for perfect solutions you will perfectly understand my suggestions.
>
>Mariusz
>
Andrzej Pindor

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