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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (5451)	2/26/2000 11:57:00 AM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13015

Sherry, That Emerson quote is one of my favorites too. I was introduced to Emerson (and Thoreau and others) on an English Department program in college where we went to a camp in New England for several weeks and immersed ourselves in the literature of the region. You rekindled a good memory with that one. I have some more quotes around here somewhere from that experience; I'm sure I'll get to them eventually. MAD DOG

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (5451)	2/26/2000 6:59:00 PM
From: nihil	Respond to of 13015

I like many anti-semites as individuals, although, as a group, they make the world much worse than it needs to be. I am in awe of Jews. IMO the people of no tribes so small have had one tenth as much influence on the world for good as Jews. I am proud of my (distant) Jewish ancestors. I have no use for their religion or superstitions. Most of my closest Jewish friends are not believing Jews. Some of them are serious anti-semites, anti-Israel, anti-Hasidim, anti-Jewish religion in all forms. Nevertheless, I don't think they paint swastikas on synagogues and should be free to speak. I think when one is an anti-semite, that saying so adds a touch of sincerity to one's comments. It helps me to understand Hitler to know that he hated Jews. To know that Mencken, that conservative German, liked some Jews but disliked Jewishness help me understand him better, I think. I know when I quote people I know were anti-semites I try to notice the fact. Reminds me of an old English music hall joke (and this is the on-topic quotation that sustains this post): The MC announces "Lady Gregory FitzHurst will now sing "My heart is a lonely hunter" by Felix Mendelsohn." (Voice from the audience: "Lady Gregory FitzHurst is a common whore!") MC: after a slight pause, "Notwithstanding, Lady Gregory FitzHurst will now sing "My heart is a lonely hunter by Felix Mendelsohn."