The author tries to dispell myths about anti-semitism: what it is, and what it is not. He makes important distinctions where others might leave vague ideas as tools for true-antisemites who rely on generalities and confusion. Rhetorical but possibly important.
 Reference > Anti-Semitism: A Practical ManualDescription :: Uri Avnery, AlterNet, January 21, 2004
Uri Avnery has been a columnist, a publisher, a member of the Isreali Parliament, a soldier, and is currently the award winning founder of Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc. Continued at top
Owned by Unordained - Created on 01/21/2004 - Never edited 11/01/05 :: Folder :: Society & Culture11/01/05 :: Folder :: Religion  12/01/03 :: Quote :: Abraham Lincoln
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness o [...] 08/01/04 :: Article :: Don't ignore differences! :: The Vatican reminds us that women are different from men, hurray!  11/06/05 :: Article :: Why should christians be surprised? ::  11/01/04 :: Quote :: ensisHere's a random wondering I had a moment ago. I think it proves true but it may need some work.
The difference between a fool and an atheist is that a fool scoffs at things he doesn't know he doesn't understand, and an atheist scoffs at things he knows he doesn't understand.
:) I'll work on it. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: [unspecified]Jones' First Law: Anyone who makes a significant contribution to any field of endeavor, and stays in that field long enough, becomes an obstruction to its progress -- in direct proportion to the importance of their original contribution. 08/13/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Queer 'Aye' for Marriage06/11/04 :: Article :: The sky is about to fall on our heads! :: ... or wondering why some people are obsessed with getting to the end of the world.05/02/04 :: Article :: South Park and The Passion :: Thoughts on the movie's impact 03/15/09 :: Article :: God's Will :: My Take on how "God's Will" is used by christians01/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: How can you consider yourselves Christians when you are also gay? 12/17/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Legal Information Institute - Marriage: an overview 01/16/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: The Weekly Standard - Marriage Defeatists11/23/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Praying Doesn't Help11/21/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Focus on the Family's review of Bruce Almighty 10/06/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: L0rdZ pR4y3r10/03/03 :: Quote :: Woody AllenTo you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the loyal opposition. 09/28/03 :: Article :: Black Box Theology 1.2 :: Don't read it and it won't hurt you.09/08/07 :: Quote :: Bertrand RussellIf a man is offered a fact which goes against his instincts, he will scrutinize it closely, and unless the evidence is overwhelming, he will refuse to believe it. If, on the other hand, he is offered something which affords a reason for acting in accordance to his instincts, he will accept it even on the slightest evidence. The origin of myths is explained in this way. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Terry PratchettGod does not play dice with the universe. He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any of the other players [i.e. everybody], to being involved in an obscure and complex variant of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mae WestMarriage is a great institution -- but I'm not ready for an institution yet.
09/04/03 :: Quote :: Thomas ReidWe laugh at the Indian philosopher, who to account for the support
of the earth, contrived the hypothesis of a huge elephant, and to support
the elephant, a huge tortoise. If we will candidly confess the truth, we
know as little of the operation of the nerves, as he did of the manner in
which the earth is supported: and our hypothesis about animal spirits, or
about the tension and vibrations [...] 09/04/03 :: Quote :: [unspecified]Marriage is a ghastly public confession of a strictly private intention. 07/28/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Outrageous Christianity06/30/03 :: Article :: Please enter your date of birth and gender :: Fighting for individuality in a world that doesn't care06/16/05 :: Article :: Christians & Hypocrisy - FAQ :: Abstraction of hypocrisy, application to Christianity, distinct lack of resolution, and some bits about something else06/12/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Focus on the Family06/02/04 :: Quote :: Lao-TzuA leader is best when people barely know that he exists.
Less good when they obey and acclaim him.
Worse when they fear and despise him.
Fail to honor people, and they fail to honor you.
But of a good leader, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled,
they will say, "We did this ourselves."
05/28/06 :: Quote :: George Bernard ShawThe fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. 05/23/09 :: Article :: Three Million Dollars :: Entertainment to bait...I mean, convert... the masses.02/12/04 :: Quote :: CS Lewis: "The Weight of Glory""To be ignorant and simple now--not to be able to meet the enemies on their own ground--would be to throw down our weapons and betray our uneducated brethren who have, under God, no defense but us against the intellectual attacks of the heathen. Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered." 01/18/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Free Will vs. Predestination in Islam01/03/04 :: Article :: Blood type :: A well-meaning preacher sticks his foot in his mouth ... 11/26/03 :: Article :: Same God? :: Christianity ... Islam ... Judaism ... Are they all just worshiping the same God?03/30/09 :: Article :: The Abortion Debate Is Stupid. :: It seriously is.12/17/03 :: Article :: The three who didn't pray :: Four guys come out of a bar ...12/01/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Culture and What Courts Can't Do12/01/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Opponents Of Gay Marriage Divided11/21/03 :: Article :: Knight to Cell block C3. :: Crack is the incorrect way to kill a fetus10/19/03 :: Quote :: Winston ChurchillI am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the
great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. 10/18/05 :: Article :: Stub - Evolution &c :: 10/09/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: Two Civilized Men Among the Barbarians10/06/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: Are There Demonstrable Effects of Distant Intercessory Prayer? A Meta-Analytic Review10/03/05 :: Quote :: Henry KissingerWe must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing. 09/29/07 :: Reference :: (link) :: Millet system of law09/04/03 :: Quote :: Arthur C. ClarkeYou can't have it both ways. You can't have both free will and a benevolent higher power who protects you from yourself. 09/04/03 :: Quote :: Mark TwainClothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. 08/01/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonShake off all the fears of servile prejudices, under which weak minds are servilely crouched. Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call on her tribunal for every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear.
 07/06/03 :: Article :: It's not my fault! :: ......*grumble*.....07/02/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: United States divorce statistics07/02/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: World-wide divorce statistics05/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Harper's Magazine05/12/06 :: Quote :: AristotleA tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. 05/07/04 :: Article :: Beware the demonizers :: How to spot crap on sight04/07/04 :: Quote :: Howard ChaykinI don't believe in sweeping social change being manifested by one person, unless he has an atomic weapon. 04/02/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: The War Prayer01/20/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Text of the Dead Sea Scrolls01/12/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: Butt Seks for Jesus 12/17/03 :: Reference :: (link) :: The Christian Research Institute - Rape, Marriage, and the Significance of Sex: Why Traditional Values Matter07/21/05 :: Article :: New notes on marriage [Scratchbook] :: Have you read the fine print?06/10/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: MonkeySphere03/02/04 :: Article :: Anti-discrimination and the Church :: Should you be worried about gay marriage because your church doesn't want to officiate such things?02/12/04 :: Article :: Boobygate :: New and improved! Now easier to skim and ignore!!12/20/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: Political Movie Ratings11/26/03 :: Article :: Which god? :: Is my god better than yours? It is even a different god?11/09/03 :: Article :: Horseshoes and Handgrenades :: "Close enough" to what?11/08/06 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonIn matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. 10/21/07 :: Quote :: A. SpammerI think this email passes the Turing test on accident:
Hi, how's doing? The answer is lying on the surface. You're dead on your feet, man, I can tell! But chill out, there's plenty of people just like you. Do you know that an immense grow of people suffering from a sexual disorder is observed, it's being counted by millions already. Questioned? It's a modern life style. You get-you pay. Everyth [...] 09/29/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonI know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion. 09/29/05 :: Quote :: Robert FrostA civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point of doubtful sanity. 09/23/08 :: Reference :: (link) :: Maslow's hierarchy of needs09/04/03 :: Quote :: Edna St. Vincent MillayUpon this gifted age, in its dark hour,
Rains from the sky a meteoric shower
Of facts . . . they lie unquestioned, uncombined.
Wisdom enough to leech us of our ill
Is daily spun; but there exists no loom
To weave it into fabric. 08/12/06 :: Reference :: (link) :: AnswerMan opines on lolicon08/09/06 :: Article :: The Decameron :: Putting the Devil in Hell. Is that what they call it these days?07/24/05 :: Quote :: Gaius Helen MohiamA world is supported by four things ... the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the righteous and the valor of the brave. But all of these are as nothing ... without a ruler who knows the art of ruling. Make that the science of your tradition! 07/03/03 :: Article :: A God by any other name...(V1.2)?? :: Some differences are more important than others04/26/07 :: Quote :: Albert EinsteinThe significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. 04/08/04 :: Article :: Fighting fire with fire :: Dealing with terrorism when you aren't sure it's wrong03/03/04 :: Reference :: (link) :: Arguments for the Existence of God and their Refutation02/11/05 :: Quote :: Bjarne StroustrupCuriously enough, the volume of interest and public debate is often inversely proportional to the importance of a feature. The reason is that it is much easier to have a firm opinion on a minor feature than on a major one; minor features fit directly into the current state of affairs, whereas major ones - by definition - do not.
[Editor's note: while this was in the context of C++ language featur [...]  02/06/04 :: Article :: Some Points to Ponder for the Ecclesiologically Perplexed :: How's the church doing?02/02/04 :: Article :: I'm thinking in plaid! :: We strive to make sure our editorials are as trendy as we can. |
