Right-wing Christian: "The communists came into power, and then they kill the Jews. The fascists came into power and they kill the Jews. What have the Christians ever done to the Jews? We protect you guys!"
Harryer: "Um, what about the Inquisition? The Crusades?"
RWC: "You want to go back that far! You killed our god!"
Harryer: "Yea. One guy, and he was one of us!"
RWC: "You know, I don't like the Jews, but I respect them. You know why? Cause our religion says we're supposed to protect you"
Harryer (thinking): "Gee thanks"
RWC: "If you guys are ever in trouble, you call me up, I'll hide you, I'll protect you!"
Harryer (knowing how to push this guys buttons by now): "Especially with this Obama guy as President!"
RWC: "Your F---ing right!"
RWC: "You know when someone says 'Your such a Jew', you know what they mean? They mean your cheap, you'll cheat for a buck, and you're a sellout!"
Harryer (thinking): "Thank you Madoff"
RWC: "Why can't you Jews just love us Christians? All we want is for you guys to love us and respect us."
Harryer (exasperated thinking by now): "Cause you guys haven't been to nice to us in the past"
Finally, I meet someone who fits Obama's description of Pennsylvania.
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oh dear... harry, i want to blogroll you, could you blogroll me too please?
this guy is nuts
He's a nut, but I do find that religious Christians make the best allies in a generally secular environment. And it has been quite a while since they tried to kill us.
n- sure, give me a day or two
bad4- dunno, in a secular workplace they do make allies, kind of like my enemies enemy is my friend. but as for trusting them with my life, or any non-jew for that matter, i think its even money that either would hurt us.
I'm not thinking in terms of killing and lives. I imagine anyone would put their lives and those of their community before another's. I mean in general, religious people understand religious people. An atheist will roll his eyes at your religious hangups, but a Catholic will nod.
Bad4
and a religious muslim would understand too I suppose.
Absolutely. When there's an event going on, we're both sitting with our kosher meals, assuming they've even been provided. (If not, then I'm picking at grapes and they're examining the insides of the sandwiches.) We've both got modesty hangups that make us dress very differently than everyone else and prefer different topics of conversation. Unlike Christians, we both actually observe our respective religions with laws that we follow.
Granted, I'd be iffier about trusting them with my life than Christians, but as long as things are peaceful, we definitely have more in common than not.
when you get into bed with a snake, you get bitten
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