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Mandolin ([personal profile] mandolin) wrote2004-04-07 10:09 am

*yawn*

Doing my part to make sure the right search results appear on Google: Jew

Long story.

[identity profile] meshuggeneh.livejournal.com 2004-04-07 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
oh my GOD! Just saw the number one hit for 'jew.' Insane. Just . . . argh.

[identity profile] weirdweb.livejournal.com 2004-04-07 03:43 pm (UTC)(link)
*sigh* That's precisely why I'm doing this.

[identity profile] kevenn.livejournal.com 2004-04-08 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. . .why? That's terrible! Honestly, I've never understood the whole "hate the Jews" thing. I mean, they're white people so there's not a lot of huge easily apparent differences. I just don't understand it. ????? I guess I should consider myself lucky that I don't.

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[identity profile] meshuggeneh.livejournal.com 2004-04-08 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
As supportive as I am of the whole 'ignorance is bliss' thing, I can't help but point out that modern Judaism is a religion, so a person from any nation or race could be a Jew, ergo, not all white people.

The third google link for 'jew' actually does a wonderful job of defining all the nuances of defining Jews.

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[identity profile] kevenn.livejournal.com 2004-04-08 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
Thanx! I tend to forget that there are non-white Jews too. But still - I just don't get the hatred towards Jews. Doesn't make sense to me. It's a religion, so live with it people, you know?

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[identity profile] marielogan.livejournal.com 2004-04-08 02:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks for sharing the link. I especially enjoyed reading the part about conversion. It reaffirmed some of the things I have occasionally heard my mum's jewish friend explain about the difference between jews and gentiles.

- hey, it's not something I think about every day, so it was very amusing to be reminded.

[identity profile] marielogan.livejournal.com 2004-04-08 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
Sometimes, I'm so scatterbrained, or maybe a little slow I guess. But I get it now. ARRGHH! Too much hatred in the world.