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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Escalating the Egg
Message-ID: <81@unc.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Apr-85 13:59:04 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 24 13:59:04 1985
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In article <sfmag.552> samet@sfmag.UUCP (A. Yitzchok Samet) writes:
>>>		Whoever tosses eggs at Jews is, in some respect,
>>>		a messenger from heaven.

>>	    Whoever throws eggs at Jews is a flaming anti-semite.

>	Of course Haman was a messenger from Hashem.
>	That's one of the basic insights in "ad lo yadah".
>	That doesn't contradict his being an anti-semite.
>	The point is that the Torah expects us to probe beyond
>	the immediate superficial events to discover their deeper meaning.

>	I made clear that I was not advocating non-reaction to these people.
>	(I did report the license number to the police.)

Great!  With all the murderers, robbers and rapists running around,
I wonder how many detectives the police will assign to the case?

Let me get this straight:

	When a Jew drives his car on the Sabbath, the proper response
	is to stone his car.

	When a gentile attacks you from his car, the proper response
	is to complain to other gentiles and ask for protection,
	while you meditate about how you probably deserved the attack.

A more effective approach would have been for all the bystanders
to form a gang, to drag the anti-semite from his car and then beat
the sh*t out of him.

The implied idea that Jews are less deserving of respect and security
than gentiles (who are not even expected to follow all the Mitzvot)
is the basis of Jewish self-hatred.  Such self-hatred has led to the
current epidemic of assimilation and intermarriage.

		Frank Silbermann