tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post5309673425838677681..comments2024-03-27T16:27:03.093+02:00Comments on Shiloh Musings: Mark Madoff and Ira Stup, Confused JewsBatyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-22351239336594612672010-12-14T20:41:05.487+02:002010-12-14T20:41:05.487+02:00a, so how do you explain all the non-Jewish crimin...a, so how do you explain all the non-Jewish criminals?Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-9003215075379162952010-12-14T19:44:31.998+02:002010-12-14T19:44:31.998+02:00This is sad...but why can't Jews just live as ...This is sad...but why can't Jews just live as straight shooters???<br /><br />They always go on spying (Pollard) or running scams (Madoff) or planning wars & chasing power (Scooter Libby)- they just can't live quietly and do their jobs like everyone else can they? Most other communities in the US can- Turks, Greeks, Iranians, Vietnamese, Jamaicans, etc. Why not the Jews?<br /><br />"Jews, Jews, Jews, always in the News, News, News"!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-44527732144727633282010-12-12T14:34:12.648+02:002010-12-12T14:34:12.648+02:00So chalk that up to another Roger Cohen "miss...So chalk that up to another Roger Cohen "miss-information."Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-34830904607110005642010-12-12T10:01:36.844+02:002010-12-12T10:01:36.844+02:00Check Ira Stup's articles in the Columbia Spec...Check Ira Stup's articles in the Columbia Spectator to discover that his intoxications are wide-ranging and unnatural. Not your average middle-class Jewish student as Cohen in the Times tried to portray him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-50346198404906449432010-12-11T20:30:55.346+02:002010-12-11T20:30:55.346+02:00Democracy isn't what it's "cracked up...Democracy isn't what it's "cracked up to be."Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7040911.post-19045092681984955882010-12-11T19:48:28.095+02:002010-12-11T19:48:28.095+02:00The Story of the Spies doesn't necessarily pre...The Story of the Spies doesn't necessarily preclude democracy. One could also interpret it as a story of what happens when democratic leaders fail. Even if 10 of the spies were genuinely afraid of what they saw in the Promised Land, they could have said, "Well, there are going to be X, Y, and Z problems, but we should go anyway." Instead, the 10 spies missed the point of the mission and reported only negatives.<br /><br />One could say that the failure of the 10 Spies was simply not being in tune with G-d's intentions. It wasn't the people's fault that they voted out of fear; it was the fault of the leaders who failed to give them the necessary information to make an educated decision, and they failed in this because they didn't understand what the mission really was, which was to provide evidence that the Promised Land was all it was cracked up to be.Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09099017972456573744noreply@blogger.com