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From: dsg@mhuxi.UUCP (GREEN)
Newsgroups: net.comics,net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Marvel Comics, Jews and Other Ethnic Groups (Ciaraldi)
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Date: Wed, 11-Apr-84 08:52:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 11 08:52:41 1984
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I think that Mr. Martillo's "residual contempt for European Jews" is more
of a problem/issue than alleged antisemitism in Marvel Comics.  The old
T.V. show "Bridget Loves Bernie" was a poor take-off of "Abie's Irish
Rose".  I don't think either are worth discussing anymore.  To paraphrase
my grandmother,  this whole comic book debate is "hocking meir mitt chinik";
that is, talking about China, or something equally irrelevant.  To be fair
to any Chinese people reading this, most 19th century Jews had little contact
or knowledge about China, it was a place far away.  The expression was not
a put-down of the Chinese, just as comic book characters are not put downs
of racial/ethnic groups, just one form, albeit low, of entertainment.

One last note, I wish I had time to post hundred line articles.  It is
getting tedious to read hundreds of lines about Marvel Comics, and probably
quite expensive too.

Ashkenazic & Proud,
David Seth Green    Bell Labs  ..mhuxi!dsg
P.S.  I don't mean to offend comic book readers, but this debate is being
carried in net.religion.jewish, I don't think it really belongs there.