With Hanukkah upon us, the usual debates about particularism versus universalism, tribalism versus assimilation, and religious freedom, identity, and zealotry are all around us. For my part, my tongue has been tripping over the words to one of my favourite Hanukkah songs. After lighting the candles, I like to lead my family in a rousing version of “HaNerot HaLalu.” It’s a jaunty ditty that lays out the symbolism...
- By Stan Thow
- 15 Apr 2013
- 10:13PM
Lets Get down to basics. The fact is that most animals and man are territorial.. Every Tribe, Society, Nation & Religion survive today by destroying or absorbing those that came before them..For all the intellectual discourse double talk it is really the survival of the fittest. A very simple example is the Polar bear that Enviromentalists are so worried about surviving. I am sure that penguins and sea lions are the ones to worry about. The more Polar Bears the less of them. Who protects them ? The human race has proved that despite their iintellectual ability it is far more deadly then a polar bear or a lion. We have not evolved our animal instincts and are far deadlier than our brother animals who kill their pray in order to survive. We are far worse and can intellectualize even committing the most horrendous crimes.. And unfortunately you fall into that class. Obsessing on the Jewish people. When far worse activiities are ignored by you.
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