Israel is a nation founded on race. You cannot take the fact that it is incredibly highly Jewish out of the equation. The fact that, for instance, non-Jews are not included in national service should make this incredibly obvious.
Yes, Israel is founded on race, but ut not all people of the particular race live in that country. You don't speak for all Jews if you speak for all Israelis. Nor are all Israelis Jewish.
Nor is race the only cause of the problems. The Jewish religion, which is tightly bound with race, is part of the problem facing the state of Israel. Just as much as it's Islamic and Christian problem because of the holy sites in Jerusalem.
Franky made a joke about Jews. He should have made a joke about Israelis. Just as in the first case. Wouldn't have made it funny, but at least it would have made it less bad.
And this is different how? If you reference the fact that they're Jewish, you obviously think it's relevant. Why do it otherwise? He doesn't do it in the first joke, so why in the second one?
I see it as being in the same vein as, say, "I've never met a nice South African" by Spitting Image. Which was clearly wrong in any kind of literal sense, as there were many perfectly nice white South Africans, plus a lot of Black South Africans who the song wasn't about at all. But anyone listening to the song knew not to take it entirely literally, and it was clear that it wasn't, for instance, talking about Nelson Mandela.
You see it as increasing the negativity about Jews, which is clearly a bad thing.
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andrewducker) wrote2010-05-04 12:01 pm
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Nor is race the only cause of the problems. The Jewish religion, which is tightly bound with race, is part of the problem facing the state of Israel. Just as much as it's Islamic and Christian problem because of the holy sites in Jerusalem.
Franky made a joke about Jews. He should have made a joke about Israelis. Just as in the first case. Wouldn't have made it funny, but at least it would have made it less bad.
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Even if it's factually correct and does play a part in the general problem.
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I see it as being in the same vein as, say, "I've never met a nice South African" by Spitting Image. Which was clearly wrong in any kind of literal sense, as there were many perfectly nice white South Africans, plus a lot of Black South Africans who the song wasn't about at all. But anyone listening to the song knew not to take it entirely literally, and it was clear that it wasn't, for instance, talking about Nelson Mandela.
You see it as increasing the negativity about Jews, which is clearly a bad thing.
Call it a day?
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Only if it's actually a day and relevant to the issue at hand. ;)