One way of expressing feelings of inadequacy is overachievement. That sets up a vicious cycle; proving one's adequacy becomes the nail that has to get hammered down. It's a no win situation. This post exactly exemplifies that swinging back and forth Put another way, it's only if someone is larger than life (how can anyone be larger than life?) that they can cause plagues and poison wells and eat babies or whatever it is that Jews are known to do. Jews are (surprise, Mike) people like anybody else, just as smart and stupid as anybody else. Stupid enough (maybe I should say fearful enough) to cling to mythology along with everybody else. Crap posts like the one below do nobody any favors. > [Original Message] > From: Mike Geary <atlas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 11/18/2005 3:19:25 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Oh, Take me to JesusLand! > > Eric: > > Mike is making with the jokes again. I love it! > > > I'm not joking. Even Christianity is Jewish in origin. If there were such > a thing as a master race, it'd have be the Jews. They excel at everything > except athletics. It's no wonder the world hates them. Pure, furious envy. > I know I hate them. And I hate black people too -- damn showoffs. But I > love Jewish women. Jesus, such smart mouths they have on them -- who can > help but want to kiss them. Name one thing in Western Civilization that's > not Jewish in origin or Jewish dominated. Even anti-Semitism is a Jewish > creation . Business -- Jews. Law -- Jews. Science -- Jews. Medicine -- > Jews. Mathematics -- Jews. Philosophy -- Jews. Litereature -- Jews. On > and on and on. Oh, but wait -- barbeque! -- very few Jews barbeque pork, > and none of them do it good (barbequed beef is NOT barbeque, thank you). > Aha! Yes! Let's hear it for the goys! Southern goys, that is. Barbecue > is a Southern thing, and especially a Memphis Southern thing. I take it > all back. Jews are just silly people. Memphis Southerners are the superior > race. > > Mike Geary > have charcoal, will travel > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Eric Yost" <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 3:41 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Oh, Take me to JesusLand! > > > > Mike: After all most of Western Civilization was Jewish in origin, and > > more especially German civilization which at the time was the pinnacle of > > Western Civilization. > > > > > > Eric: Mike is making with the jokes again. I love it! > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html