It does seem to me that when a government is taken to task for heinous actions perpetrated by that government, there is no way a fair-minded person can say with any validity that a condemnation of the entire nation's preferred spiritual leanings is what is going down.

As a thoroughly secular and non-religious Jew, and proud of it, I reserve the right to see political things as I see them--and to say that, if that is my inclination, without being profanely mugged in this forum. Please believe me, I am as aware of the pain and suffering from the Holocaust years as any other Jew. I truly do not wish to be stuck in anyone's ovens.

My joke was just that, a joke. Nothing more. I reserve the right to tell it and to see and take note of the humor in it.

If I sound a little discommoded, it's because I am. If I'm angering someone out there, just don't come to my next concert!! ;-)

Art Thieme