So what is that if not a generalizing statement towards native Arabic people?

Would that be innate or acquired dishonesty?

That’s pretty Jewlicious of us, don’t you think?

Sure, some money is generated to feed the hamsters and permit one person to keep his lungs filled with unhealthy stuff but not much more.

Actually, we are a group of writers from different backgrounds and places trying to express ourselves regarding the Jewish world. It’s not a professional exercise although sometimes our pieces are good enough to be published and sometimes they deserve to be thrown out with the garbage. It’s supposed to be a positive view of the Jewish world and of Israel although we also criticize elements of both.

The reason you are angry at us is that we refuse to buy bigoted statements you made. You thought you’d have colleagues and instead you met opponents. That happens here when we get people from the farther reaches of the Right. We try to treat other groups the way that Jews would like to be treated. That is, treated with fairness and without prejudice. I don’t have many Arab friends and that’s because generally there is a serious divide between those Arabs I know and our views about the Middle East. However, I see their views as the problem, not some inherent flaws of character or nature as you’ve described.

You may wish to revisit your comments above and replace the word Arab with the word Jew and see what happens. I don’t think you’re going to be proud.

You are welcome to stay here or leave. If you stay, I ask that you tone down the rhetoric against particular groups.

Xenophobia is the “fear” of strangers. So what am I? A hater or someone who fears? What if you only hate one stranger, but not the rest are you still xenophobic?

I am of Middle Eastern origin myself, so by your terms I hate my own people?

I’m sorry but you’re so full of bullshit, I am starting to laugh here. This went from a serious thread to pure meaningless entertainment.

Everyone else here? You mean the target audience you have here who don’t realize this site is 70% advertisements, a swag store, and a festival with a 30% core product value based on a blog that you call “journalism”? Please. The fact that you commercialize Judaism, and are trying to sell “cool jew” bling necklaces (For a low price of $49! holiday special!) is an insult in itself to Judaism. I consider you and anyone else on here far from Jewish. Leave it to LA “jews” to materialize the religion, something totally against Judaism. This reminds me of Moses throwing the tablets at the “jews” who were worshiping idols. Go worship your cool jew necklaces and swag and your material life style.

Ta-ta.

I think we’ve given your racism enough airtime on here to unfold itself well enough for everybody to see.

Seems like your last comment doesn’t have any arguments in it, just questions and opinions. I’ve taken you’ve forfeited.

Good luck in life, especially when the Arabs come after you for being a Jew. I hope you defend them like you did today. I’m sure they’ll care before they force you to convert or face death.

I don’t fear foreigners or strangers, I don’t fear Arabs. So there’s no phobia there, just a partial xeno.

I’m supposed to accept thinly veiled bias, unequivocally false assertions on the matter in question and obviously one-sided websites as authoritative, but may not explain why an open source web 2.0 reference site does not compare to the world’s leading and most reputable encyclopaedia that has been compiled by not only editors but experts of standing?

How much more ridiculous can you possibly get?

Do you even know the core values of Islam, even of an idealized, true-to-the-book version?

If anything, you’ve proved your xenophobia.

I still don’t understand how a culture teaches all of its members to lie and I don’t see how making that statement is different than saying all Jews have a nose for business.

Yes Islam did start in the 600′s, but according to anthropologists their cultural traits even precede Zoroastrianism.

Got any other arguments I can debunk?

An opinion does not a sage make.

I’ve seen observant Jews (as you were arguing from / against the angle of observant Muslims as opposed to non-observant, Westernized ones) use violence against brethren that they believed to have violated Jewish laws. Islam, BTW, started in 622 CE. If you already use Wiki as a source of information, you should at the very least scroll down the pages to get the gist of the entries. In 150 AD [raher 150 CE, as we prefer to say on here], the Middle East as well as most parts of inhabited Europe were under Roman occupation.

Beati pauperes spiritu..

If you only knew how much traffic Wikipedia receives a minute. Look at all the changes in the last 10 seconds. en.wikipedia.o...

There are people who watch every change and immediately fix errors.

Second, Universities don’t reject Wikipedia because it’s a “toy”. The reason they do so is because referencing encyclopedia is not an acceptable University level source. Most books aren’t acceptable University level source either, let alone “Magazines”, which is why most Universities and professors require you use Academic journals which are maintained by approved and known databases or libraries. So your argument holds no relevance to the credibility of Wikipedia.

I have read the Torah, and I am well familiar with Moses laws such as stoning a belligerent child. The owning of slaves, and so forth. However, do you see any common modern day Jews practicing these laws? That’s the difference between Judaism and Islam, once is adjusted for 2009, the other for 150AD. Ask Wafa Sultan.

Middle shall fare with you as he pleases.

I’m aware that Islam justifies forceful missionary work and its set of laws, sharia, does include verdicts that appear bewildering to Westerners, but I take it you haven’t read the Torah either, otherwise you’d know that many kind of punishment Judaism knows for various kinds of transgressions would be considered over-the-top and too violent by today’s Western standards.

I read about that man. Today, we celebrated a holiday that allegedly commemorates the death of tens of thousands innocents at the hands of Jews (no worries, it’s just a story). Judaism even knows a king that had another man sent to his certain death to get ahold of that man’s wife. How does that fare with you?

If that’s all you can say as your defense, you’re no different than Tiff.

For your information, Wikipedia is statistically the most credible encyclopedia existing to date since it is constantly corrected and updated by the half second. You act like you are completely oblivious to their violent religious education. Where do you think they learn to behead? Where do you think they get these ideas? You think they just appear out of thin air? It is all religious, just like American ethics derive mainly from the bible. Have you seen this article? cnn.com/2009/C...