August 15, 2006
Proportion!
Amidst the whining that Israel's response to thousands of rockets landing on its territory was disproportionate —— a charge leveled against no other nation for defending itself —— Yaashiko Sagamori agrees; Jews should strike back proportionately. But he focuses on proportions of population.
Let us imagine that, instead of trying to please anti—Semites, Jews decided to react proportionately to every offense. The worst Jew—haters, the most avid murderers of Jews in the modern world are Muslims. They outnumber Jews approximately 100 to 1. Therefore, if we want to stick to that proportion, every time a Muslim hurts a Jew, we have to hurt 100 Muslims.
For example, when Arabs destroyed the Tomb of Joseph and murdered Rabbi Lieberman, who was hoping to salvage some of the books that had been kept at the site, Jews should have destroyed 100 mosques of similar historical significance and murder (sic) 100 mullahs. That, in addition...(Read Full Post)