Originally posted by muckmaw
Are'nt we quick to judge others.
You seem pretty certain of my mindset. Maybe you should worry less about my preconceived notions and more about your own.
Of course, by importing the best and the brightest, I meant enslaving them and transporting them to the united states in shackles.
Lighten up.
Why import them at all when they have a nation of their own, that they have cultivated to levels unparalelled in the region, complete with Universities, institutes and research facilities that either match or surpass those found anywhere else?
You asked why support Israel, so I gave that as part of an answer.
You asked what Judiasm was if it wasn't a religion, and offered 'mindset' as a reply--to me that either implies ignorance or obstinance in the face of a common belief.
Perhaps you were playing devil's advocate, but I have no way of knowing.
As for lightening up, sorry man, but it just won't happen. I spent the earlier part of my life living outside of the US, behind the Iron curtain, where being a Jew isn't quite as easy(lightly put). I have sympathy for my fellow Jews overseas and simply cannot understand how the option of turning our collective backs on that race, again, can even enter into conversation.
You may have no love for the Israelis based on what you see in the news and what you hear spewed by European popular opinion but to gain your own perspective, I invite you to go see the nation for yourself. A few weeks there, seeing with your own eyes, should answer the question that started this thread.
