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To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (8855)	11/16/2001 6:20:19 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Keep in mind, the Arab world is mostly made up of Third-world countries. It is unfair to compare America with Third World nations. Ah, but WHY are they Third-World nations, len? It's not lack of money; they include some of the richest countries on earth! So why do they remain third-world, and why do you tell us it's not fair to compare them to America. You compare Israel all the time; how come it's fair for Israel but not the Arabs?

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (8855)	11/16/2001 6:47:57 PM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

<< ... even though Palestine is Arab land, it is presently occupied. >> Easy solution. Force the occupying Arabs out of the West Bank and Gaza, so that Israel would be able to expand. This would be a huge benefit for the entire world. With an expanded Israel, the borders could be opened up to more Jews of even questionable heritage.

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (8855)	11/17/2001 6:06:35 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 23908

Len, when will Israelis see the light... and turn Jackboot Israel into a Gambling Heaven?? Monday, November 22, 1999 13 Kislev 5760 Updated Mon., Nov. 22 08:18 More religious tolerance is needed YOSEF GOELL (November 22) - A letter to the editor in yesterday's Jerusalem Post caught my eye, primarily because I agreed with so much of it - up to the penultimate sentence. The writer, who asked that his name not be published (I can't understand why), was justly inveighing against the reports that many of our political leaders, from Prime Minister Ehud Barak on down, were considering favorably the establishment of gambling casinos in Israel. The writer, who identified himself as a clinical psychiatrist, listed many of the compelling social and moral arguments against the further extension of legalized gambling in the form of casinos into Israel. I couldn't agree more, although I would emphasize the word "extension" rather than "introduction" of legalized gambling, because Israel has long been the willing victim of such legalized gambling in the form of the Mifal Hapayis state lottery and of the Sportoto sports lottery. In fact some of our leaders pride themselves on Israel being an exporter of its expertise in these areas. Where I diverge from the anonynous writer is where he bemoans Israel's "giant step forward, westward, and goyward". Not only is the implied assertion that gambling is a disease of goyim as opposed to Jews factually wrong, the accusation regrettably broadcasts the shameful fact that part of the standard baggage of bigotry among Jews is a hatred of goyim that is the mirror image of hateful anti-Semitism. By all signs, the writer seems to hail from the US, and as a clinical psychiatrist he should be counted as an informed former citizen of that society. As such, he should know that Las Vegas and Atlantic City were as much the creations of American Jews as of the Sicilian mafia. When judged by the clientelle of these modern Babylons and Ninevehs, it would seem that the proportion of Jews among the mesmerized pullers of the one-armed bandits and those at the gaming tables is very much higher than their proportion in the American population. Compulsive gambling is very much a modern Jewish disease. The possibility that this statement should be perverted to mean that it is a disease of Jews who have abandoned their religious beliefs is negated by the prevalence of kippot on the heads of Payis buyers and habitués of the Palestinian casino in Jericho, the floating ones off Eilat, and the many illegal ones throughout Israel. Why belabor the point? Because in order to effectively fight the introduction of casinos into Israel and the spread of other forms of legalized gambling, it is essential that secular and religious Jews and even "goyim" join forces; a prerequisite for which is the fighting of openly expressed intolerance and bigotry among these groups. In this regard the "mirror-image anti-Semitism" which characterizes the openly expressed attitudes of many Orthdox Jews - and even worse, of Orthodox rabbis - to goyim is as nothing compared to their openly expressed disdain and even hatred for other Jews who differ in their religious practices, or who like myself, insist on practicing no religion. The latest example of such bigotry is the report of an IDF lieutenant who, in a lecture on religion to a group of Nahal soldiers, asserted that Reform and Conservative Judaism were responsible for the assimilation of eight million Jews, which "is worse than the Holocaust in which only(!) six million Jews [were lost]." [snip] jpost.com

To: Elmer Flugum who wrote (8855)	11/17/2001 6:16:57 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 23908

Follow-up... Time for Israel to emulate Macao! Israelis'd better push their luck at the roulette table instead of pushing Palestinians around.... Tourism in Macao Grows In 1996, Macao welcomed eight million tourists who brought in revenues of more than 26 billion Hong Kong dollars. One year later in 1997, Macao was still able to attract seven million tourists despite of the negative impact of the Asian financial crisis. The steady, cash-infusing tourist industry has been built up even though Macao lags behind other tourist centres in resources such as stellar natural surroundings and an abundance of cultural relics. But local authorities have worked hard to preserve the limited historical relics scattered around the territory. That, and the construction of new tourist spots and resorts, have helped attract more visitors. The race for tourist dollars also includes the region's attempt to make a name for itself as the "city of culture and recreation" and gear itself more toward hosting the growing numbers of international events that are held in Macao. The Macau Grand Prix motor race is held every year and attracts numerous spectators from around the world. The territory's international music festival is another well-known event. The diverse musical performances by artists from around the globe have added one more attraction for visitors to Macao. Apart from those two events, an international fireworks festival, arts festival, dragon-boat-rowing competition and international marathon fill up the local calendar of events. They help boost Macao's name on the international stage. There are more than 100 hotels in Macao. Many of the hotels boast state-of-the-art facilities and are operated by management from Hong Kong. And you can't talk about Macao's tourism without mentioning its unique recreation business that centres on gambling. The seeds of the gambling industry were sown in the middle of the last century, when Hong Kong rapidly took over the role Macao once played as an important international trading link between the East and the West. In an attempt to dig itself out of recession, the resource-limited local economy in Macao turned to an alternative direction, and the gambling business was born. But it wasn't until the 1960s that gambling became legal in Macao. From then on, the territory has developed into one of the world's biggest gambling capitals. Gambling in Macao is run by a few government-approved companies. The scope of gambling includes casinos, horse and dog racing and lotteries. The nine casinos on the Macao Island and Taipa bring in 80 percent of the industry's annual revenues. More than six million tourists visit Macao's casinos every year, half of them from Hong Kong. The gambling industry also accounts for nearly half of the Macao government's tax revenue. But even as gambling has given birth to a lucrative industry in Macao, it has also created social problems. Gambling is often blamed for most of the security problems in the region. The central government has promised that after the hand-over in December, Macao will be allowed to continue promoting its existing recreation industry. The central government has also pledged to assist the future Macao SAR in continuing its efforts in resolving its problems with law enforcement. __________________