re: #307 Hhar

Ummm….Its true: lots of people have pretty grim family histories. But persecution is in our bones, Honorary Yooper. Waaaayyyy deep. Lemme give you an example: If someone wants to convert to Judaism, and persists, there are a range of different iopinions on what their commitment must be in terms of observance. some say a convert must accept and practice under the burden of the whole of the Jewish law before conversion. Others say, no, they can convert and still keep learning, as long as they are committed to such learning and practice. But just about everybody, from my understanding, agrees: a convert must commit to share the burden of our history with us: to share in our persecutions when they occur. Not if: when.

I don’t want to to minimise anyone else’s suffering, nor ask for special treatment. I just want to point out that you are dealing with a very old, literate culture with recurrent themes in it. Jews are big on remembering. There are very few nations on earth like ours (none others, in my opinion) , and very few persecutions like ours. Not sayin’ that to get special treatment: just sayin that so you know where people are coming from, if you don’t already.

And everything you said is so true, and I agree with your sentiments.

But, in context of what has transpired in these comments this morning, how does your comment relate to what many here saw as a bigoted comment by onepissedoffyid?

I’m not sure of what you are saying. I have to forgive bigoted remarks because of the source?