Why should Jews be compelled to conform to a higher moral standard when fighting for survival?
The Straight Goods Cyber Forum with Larry Solway Commentary: I wanted to write about Ernie Eves winning a closer-than-expected election by backing off Hydro privatization. I wanted to comment on how he let Chris Stockwell (it looks good on him) take the fall and flounder around with no answers. I wanted to write about the sub-human murderers of Randall Dooley and about a whole culture of abuse and about how silly the Crown looked saying the conviction “sent a message”. I couldn’t. I find myself obsessed, hurt, angry, puzzled, and frightened by Sharon and Arafat and anti-Semitism writ bigger than ever. What I write will not change any minds, but I write it because we Jews need to comfort ourselves and to give ourselves permission to feel abandoned. Nothing I write will change the face of anti-Semitism. The attitude may be overt or covert, it may be blatant or submerged, and it may be latent or dormant, or just waiting for an excuse. I can’t change those minds. I won’t try. It is fruitle
