Gandhi's grandson: Jews are destroying the world

His last paragraph gives away the game:

Jewish Identity Can't Depend on Violence

Jewish identity in the past has been locked into the holocaust experience -- a German burden that the Jews have not been able to shed. It is a very good example of a community can overplay a historic experience to the point that it begins to repulse friends. The holocaust was the result of the warped mind of an individual who was able to influence his followers into doing something dreadful. But, it seems to me the Jews today not only want the Germans to feel guilty but the whole world must regret what happened to the Jews. The world did feel sorry for the episode but when an individual or a nation refuses to forgive and move on the regret turns into anger.

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Apparently, in the modern world, so determined to live by the bomb, this is an alien concept. You don't befriend anyone, you dominate them. We have created a culture of violence (and Israel and the Jews are the prime instigators) and that Culture of Violence is eventually going to destroy humanity. [emphasis added]

And he wonders why they can't "forgive and forget."

Damian P.

Update: "prime instigators" has been quietly changed to "biggest players." Yeah, that's much better. (Hat tip: Rob R. in the comment section)

Posted by damian at January 9, 2008 12:55 PM