On 15 Sep 2005 20:18:43 -0700, "Sheldon Liberman" Look, I didn't post the thing you're referring to but you're gonna make an butt of yourself if you insist on taking this line . . . the fact -- as any genuine, non-politicized research very clearly shows, is that Jews indeed overwhelmingly predominated among the early Russian communists (as well as among communists in Europe.) To stry to argue otherwise is useless, It'd be much more productive to discuss the "why" of the matter rathertan being a "denialist" about it. Well, this may or may not be the case. It may very well be another "urban myth" that's widely accepted on its face but cannot withstand investigation. One would have to see authentic historical data to make a determination about your statement. "Extraordinary claims" demand extraordinary -- or at least minimal! -- facts to back them up. I have no doubt that you believe all of what your wrote. Do yourself a favor and check out the writings of Israel Shahak, Israel Shamir (yes, both Jewish Israelis!) as a start as a means of at least being exposed to the truth. Your need to try to marginalize that which you are unfamiliar with by using loaded terms such as "blood libel" (you wrote "blood liable" but I know what you meant) etc. illustrates your need for slogans as a subsbreastute for genuine historical research, which may present a picture a bit more nuanced than you're accustomed to and comfortable with. Was this post informative? Consider printing it or emailing it to someone you know. "A pbuttionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation . . . betrays one nation into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter . . . "Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. "Nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations and pbuttionate attachments for others should be excluded." -- President George Washington Farewell Address
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