Sluggo said:

xhonzi said:

I may be stepping out of line here, but at what point in time will Germans be all offended at the portrayal of Nazi's in WWII films, and start this kind of shenanigans? (As I write this, I'm sure it's already started, but most people sort of ignore them) I don't hold any malice towards modern Germans, or even 1940s Germans who weren't Nazis.

The handful of Germans that I know aren't all that proud of their contribution to world history. But I wouldn't blame them for being upset if the rest of the world started to consider ALL Germans as being the same as Nazis.

As far as I can tell, no one I know or associate with has a problem distinguishing between people who live/lived in Germany and Nazis.

Similarly, none of those same people associate all Jews, ancient or modern, with the Jews responsible for the death of Christ. The ADL articles seem to assume that people make that leap of logic anytime they watch Mel Gibson's movie, or 10 year olds re-enacting the Passion Play, or sitting at home and watching documentaries or reading the New Testament, that they fly into this righteous anger where they need to go and punch a Jew in the face. Maybe this happens in some areas, but I am completely ignorant to it. Therefore, I conclude that its people being unjustifiably sensitive, making calls of "anti-semitism" that isn't really there.

I didn't vote for Barack Obama. It had nothing to do with his or my skin colour or race, so that doesn't make me a racist. But a lot of people have accused anyone who didn't vote for him as a 'racist'. That's just stupid, and it's actually damaging to race relations to make accusations like that.

As I said, I feel a general kinship for Jews everywhere (it must be my unruly curly hair and my desire to work in show business) and I have a few Jewish friends. They don't spend their time looking for antisemitism where it doesn't exist. My black friends don't spend time looking for racism where it doesn't exist. My lady friends don't spend time looking for sexism where it doesn't exist. I guess I don't make friends with people who are looking for the "victim angle" at all times.

Sluggo:
The same goes with the Jews, Christians and Muslims. And Atheists and Agnostics, butchers, bakers and candlestick-makers. Just because some of their number do incredibly evil things, it doesn't mean all do. I believe that there are good and honorable people among all of God's creation.

I agree with this 100%. Hopefully that has been borne out in my other comments.

Excet for candlestick makers. I haven't met one that's not a vicious killer at heart. ;)