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aviel wrote:Then that makes Oman more progressive than much of the Arab world. A 2011 poll by Pew found that Muslims in the Arab World almost universally held negative views of Jews. There's also a lot of excellent data in that poll about how Muslims and Westerners view each other in general, so it's definitely worth checking out.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
moosemaimer wrote:I believe they call that Krav Maga.
blehblah wrote: priest-school (?)
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
OrangeEyebrows wrote:Go home, spell check, you're drunk.
OrangeEyebrows wrote:Actually that's a really interesting point about anti-semitism. It seems to come from a place where Jewish people are seen as, if not superior, at least very clever. You know how av and Eric control the world economy and Hollywood and so on? Racism usually goes the inferior/animal route. Is it a "chosen people" thing or what?
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
aviel wrote:And, according to that poll, America is the least anti-Semitic (and second or third most philo-semitic) country on Earth. So for once we're #1 in something nice, not like obesity or prison population.
blehblah wrote:I've got one - a question, I mean. Bacon. Well, more pork, really. What gives? A Muslim friend of mine told me that he figures it's because pigs were unsuitable for the Mid-East climate, unlike in Europe. So, goats became the go-to animal because after slaughter, the meat lasted much longer.
Of course, I've also heard about trichinosis; maybe it's more problematic in warmer climates?
Anywho - what's the history of the aversion to piggies, and is it the same back-story as with Muslims?
Also, dairy. A Jewish acquaintance of mine had two dishwashers, two sets of dishes, and the whole deal, to keep dairy separate from everything else (if memory serves). I wouldn't describe him as Orthodox, but going that far struck me as pretty strict (and I'm likely mixing "Orthodox" and "strict" a little too easily; on that note, is it like Catholicism where Orthodox is practically a different religion?). What's the back story on that?
I tend to believe that there are practices, traditions, and elements of religion that have practical origins. I'm wondering, then, if pork and dairy have an accepted practical origin.
Okay - so I guess I had more than one question.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
aviel wrote:For somewhat more detail than Eric's response, with a lot of my own perspective:DamianaRaven wrote:What's the deal with the yarmulke?
See Eric's response: it's a reminder about God or something silly like that.
Andropov4 wrote:Not that anyone seems to have had an issue with it, but in the future, in the interest of civility you might avoid calling the beliefs of others silly.
Terry Pratchett wrote:The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
aviel wrote:Andropov4 wrote:Not that anyone seems to have had an issue with it, but in the future, in the interest of civility you might avoid calling the beliefs of others silly.
Eh, then they can avoid having silly beliefs. Anyways, in this case they're getting off easy. Normally I call the beliefs of exceptionally observant Jews 'harmful'.
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