Guest, the proper response to your ridiculous post would be to ignore it, and you along with it. But for some reason I feel compelled to respond. I did not attempt to "dictate" to anyone -- Jewish or not -- how they should handle an incident like this. Nor did I "demand" anything from anyone. I expressed my opinion, which I have every right to do, and will continue to do. Was Mr. Bennet "within his rights" to leave in a huff (if that is in fact what he did), as Sharon suggested? Sure; he's pretty much within his rights to do whatever he wants with respect to this forum. I don't dispute his right to do this, just offer my opinion that it isn't the best way to handle this situation. If he comes back to this forum, he can read my opinion, along with all the other opinions expressed here, and decide for himself what he wants to do.

The original post "could only be read as an anti-semitic remark?" Well, I read it as a typo, so clearly it could be read more than one way. Need I remind you that, as has become obvious to all of us, my reading was the correct one?

If you go looking for things to take offense at, you will always be able to find something. We all can claim "victim" status if we so choose, with some justification; we all belong to one or more ethnic, religious or cultural groups that have been the subject of hostility and persecution by other groups. I thought Mr. Zurofsky's knee-jerk reaction to a typo was just that.

This is a silly little incident, which has already taken up too much of my time and energies. But Guest, you really should get a clue before you shoot your mouth off.