[lit-ideas] Re: 21. century European anti-Semitism
- From: John McCreery <mccreery@xxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 14:46:02 +0900
On 2004/04/19, at 14:19, Omar Kusturica wrote:
> I would speculate rather the opposite. Family ties are
> ordinarily the strongest, and they don't normally have
> to be enforced by manifestations of violence to
> outsiders. In contrast, teenage gangs are rather
> loosely tied, and hence require constant violent
> manifestations of loyalty.
Just to be even handed: Tell it to Comanches, Nuer, Dayaks, even,
depending on the historical epoch, southern Chinese, not to mention the
Hatfields and McCoys.
John L. McCreery
International Vice Chair, Democrats Abroad
Tel 81-45-314-9324
Email mccreery@xxxxxxx
>>Life isn't fair. Democracy should be. <<
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