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Thread ID: 10247 | Posts: 3 | Started: 2003-10-04
2003-10-04 21:26 | User Profile
10-4-03
"Parliamentary Democracy?"
Mr. Steinberg, a teacher at Bloomrosenwitz Elementary School in New Jersey, is speaking to his 5th-grade class:
Mr. Steinberg: "Does anyone know why America supports Israel?"
[silence]
Mr. Steinberg: "America supports Israel because Israel is the only democracy in the Middle East, and Israel is our friend and valuable partner. America needs Israel to make sure that we get plenty of oil from the Middle East."
Timmy: "Israel isn't a democracy. I've read about that country. The U.S. State Department lists Israel as a 'parliamentary democracy' but that simply means they have a political system with a Prime Minister and a parliament [1]. America calls Israel a democracy so that U.S. taxpayers won't complain that billions of their tax dollars fund an apartheid state that sells our nuclear secrets to China."
Mr. Steinberg: "Heh, heh.....Timmy, which anti-Semitic hate book did you read that nonsense in?"
Timmy: "And there has been only one time that America could not get oil from the Middle East: during the OPEC oil embargo in 1973/1974, and that was because of America's one-sided support of Israel during the Yom Kippur War."
Mr. Steinberg: "Heh, heh. Timmy, you're a smart little.....boy, aren't you? Are you an anti-Semite, Timmy? Hmmmm? Do you know what that word means, Timmy? It means A Gentile Who Wants to Kill Jews Just Because They Are Jews" [tm, the Jewish community].
Timmy: "How does telling the truth about Israel make me an 'anti-Semite?' And I don't want to kill any Jews. Why do you even suggest that? Maybe I should be allowed to ask you if you are Jewish? By your surname, I would guess that you are."
Mr. Steinberg: "We will not have any evil anti-Semitism [tm] in this classroom, Timmy! Go to the principal's office right now!"
Timmy was later suspended from school for 1 month for "hate" and "anti-Semitism." He also was required to attend a lecture on anti-Semitism given by Saul Goldsilverdiamondfeld, a local Jewish official who, like many Jews, holds dual U.S./Israeli citizenship.
Timmy got into trouble because the truth and Jews don't mix.
[1] Israel mentioned as a "parliamentary democracy": U.S. Department of State report "Israel and the Occupied Territories Report on Human Rights Practices for 1997." Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, January 30, 1998.
2003-10-05 01:16 | User Profile
Hey Franco! I like this little dialogue. It would make a neat little cartoon strip, sort of like those Jack Chick tracts one sees from time to time.
2003-10-05 01:38 | User Profile
Maxi --
Well, quite frankly, I have wondered if such a dialogue-type of system works or not. I think it does.
And, yes, I tried to find an artist to create a series of those WN dialogues. In fact, I had an artist all ready to go, but he bailed out. If you know of any artist willing to do such, send me a PM.