No, Azizi, I was not referring to blacks in my comment about baseball caps on backwards. I was making a satirical joke, my intention to somewhat lampoon a thread which I think is misguided, by responding to it with a ridiculous humorous statement. The joke was based on the fact that there are a lot of really immature-acting teenage boys and young men in this town of mine who seem to like wearing baseball caps backwards, and they piss me off somewhat, because they cause property damage and often act like idiots (mostly to impress their peers).

They are virtually ALL white. I swear. That just happens to be this town, Azizi. This ain't the big city. This is small town Ontario, and the vast number of people around here are white. There are a few Native Americans here too, mostly Ojibwas. There are a few Asians. I know of at least one black family in town, and the father is a very well respected member of the city council, a highly respected man around here. His name is Fayne Bullen. I've seen one or two other black people in town, but they don't wear baseball caps at all, as far as I recall.

It was the white kids in general here that I was referring to. They are a glut on the market, and most of them choose to wear their baseball caps backwards, because they got the idea from American TV shows that it is cool to do that.

Looks to me like I unintentionally nudged a chip that is resting on your shoulder, Azizi, but I assure you that was not what I had in mind. I was simply making fun of the premise this thread is based upon.

I do NOT hate people who wear baseball caps backwards in truth, for heaven's sake! (but some of them have been known to annoy me at times)


Martin & 6 - Yes, I understand that the state of Israel is "a homeland for all Jews, physically and spiritually"...or at least that is how it is seen by most Jews. Fine. There are differences of opinion among Jews regarding the specific political and military policies OF the state of Israel, are there not? Do not some Jews favor holding onto conquered territory in Syria, Jordan, and so on? Do not others favor evacuating those terrritories? Are not some Jews more hardline and aggressive in their views than others?

Well, if I criticize the hardliners, and I do, then I am simply agreeing with the Jews who also criticize them. That makes me a friend of liberal Jews. To be a friend of liberal Jews does not equate to being anti-Semitic. I would have to be against ALL Jews to be anti-semitic (as you guys use the word), and I am not against all Jews.

It is not Jews I oppose, it is certain specific policies of the state of Israel I oppose. I also oppose Muslim hardliners, and am in agreement with Muslims who want to peacefully coexist with Jews.

So, you can clearly see that I am not anti-semitic. I favor both Jewish and Muslim semites who are willing to get along with each other and live in peace, side by side.

I disagree with those who want to keep on killing each other.