Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sjuvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!sb1!sb6!bpa!burdvax!sjuvax!bbanerje From: bbanerje@sjuvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Jesse Jackson: Anti-semite and Liar Message-ID: <203@sjuvax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Mar-84 11:16:40 EST Article-I.D.: sjuvax.203 Posted: Sun Mar 11 11:16:40 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 13-Mar-84 20:29:04 EST References: <715@nsc.UUCP> Organization: Saint Josephs Univ. Phila., Pa. Lines: 28 I think that Anti-Semite is carrying it a bit too far. What the hell is a "Hymie"? Well, I confess that I didn't know. So I lay low for a time to seek enlightenment. Conclusions as follow - A HYMIE seems to be an unfeeling but innocuous slur to use. One of the contributors to net.religion.jewish signs himself as a "Hymie from Hymie-town". It seems that in terms of severity, its no worse than calling an Irish person a Paddy or a Mick. Unfeeling to be sure, but hardly bigoted. If you wish to criticize Jesse Jackson, pick on his total lack of a realistic program, or the like ... but keep the accusations out of it. In passing, I seem to recall from Newspaper articles that some members of Jewish organizations had in fact been attacking Jackson from the start. Before anyone starts laying in on me for Anti-Semitism/Racism - I never met a Semite (Jewish or otherwise) nor a Black until I was old enough to realise the absurdity of preconceptions. The vestigal prejudices I know I have, deal with a totally different situation altogether (And I'm not telling you what they are!) Cheers, -- Binayak Banerjee {allegra | astrovax | bpa | burdvax}!sjuvax!bbanerje