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Thread #39117   Message #555131
Posted By: Deda
20-Sep-01 - 04:49 PM
Thread Name: Anti-semitic and inflammatory editorial
Subject: RE: Anti-semitic and inflammatory editorial
*And I would suspect that in France today, for example, where you find someone who prejudiced against Jews, they are also going to be prejudiced against Arabs.*

Not on this planet. My 22-year-old son, who has a very Jewish-sounding last name, is in France and was warned that there is a lot of pro-Palestinian feeling in France, which is a thin synonym for anti-semitic, IMHO. (He is near Normandy, where the pro-American feeling is stronger than the pro-Palestinian.) He knocks any ethnic expectations completely out of the park when he takes his guitar into a local Irish pub and joyfully sings Irish songs all night long.

I love France, I speak French, my son is in France, but I also remember with a shudder the collaboration between the Vichy government and the Nazis.