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To: Ed Huang who wrote (2376)	10/16/2003 12:19:03 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 22250

Understanding Jewish Influence I: Background Traits for Jewish Activism Kevin MacDonald Abstract Beginning in the ancient world, Jewish populations have repeatedly attained a position of power and influence within Western societies. I will discuss Jewish background traits conducive to influence: ethnocentrism, intelligence and wealth, psychological intensity, aggressiveness, with most of the focus on ethnocentrism. I discuss Jewish ethnocentrism in its historical, anthropological, and evolutionary context and in its relation to three critical psychological processes: moral particularism, self-deception, and the powerful Jewish tendency to coalesce into exclusionary, authoritarian groups under conditions of perceived threat. Jewish populations have always had enormous effects on the societies in which they reside because of several qualities that are central to Judaism as a group evolutionary strategy: First and foremost, Jews are ethnocentric and able to cooperate in highly organized, cohesive, and effective groups. Also important is high intelligence, including the usefulness of intelligence in attaining wealth, prominence in the media, and eminence in the academic world and the legal profession. I will also discuss two other qualities that have received less attention: psychological intensity and aggressiveness. The four background traits of ethnocentrism, intelligence, psychological intensity, and aggressiveness result in Jews being able to produce formidable, effective groups—groups able to have powerful, transformative effects on the peoples they live among. In the modern world, these traits influence the academic world and the world of mainstream and elite media, thus amplifying Jewish effectiveness compared with traditional societies. However, Jews have repeatedly become an elite and powerful group in societies in which they reside in sufficient numbers. It is remarkable that Jews, usually as a tiny minority, have been central to a long list of historical events. Jews were much on the mind of the Church Fathers in the fourth century during the formative years of Christian dominance in the West. Indeed, I have proposed that the powerful anti-Jewish attitudes and legislation of the fourth-century Church must be understood as a defensive reaction against Jewish economic power and enslavement of non-Jews.1 Jews who had nominally converted to Christianity but maintained their ethnic ties in marriage and commerce were the focus of the 250-year Inquisition in Spain, Portugal, and the Spanish colonies in the New World. Fundamentally, the Inquisition should be seen as a defensive reaction to the economic and political domination of these “New Christians.”2 Jews have also been central to all the important events of the twentieth century. Jews were a necessary component of the Bolshevik revolution that created the Soviet Union, and they remained an elite group in the Soviet Union until at least the post-World War II era. They were an important focus of National Socialism in Germany, and they have been prime movers of the post-1965 cultural and ethnic revolution in the United States, including the encouragement of massive non-white immigration to countries of European origins.3 In the contemporary world, organized American Jewish lobbying groups and deeply committed Jews in the Bush administration and the media are behind the pro-Israel U.S. foreign policy that is leading to war against virtually the entire Arab world. theoccidentalquarterly.com

To: Ed Huang who wrote (2376)	10/16/2003 6:48:27 PM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

"stanch defender" Guess that speaks for itself. I've posted to you at least 5 times and you don't seem to understand basic logic. Nowhere have you posted anything that remotely says that the oil if FOR Israel or that Israel even seeks it. Israel will be on one end of the pipeline. The oil will be transported from Haifa. Israel is part of the transportation and will receive a fee. If Israel desires to buy the oil on the open market and if Iraq wishes to sell it, I'm sure that will be done in a commercially acceptable fashion to both sides. What is wrong with this? Are you a total bigot? Yes, that is a plus and it is part of commerce of our world. Arabs deal with Israelis. When it comes to commerce, deals are done despite the hostilities. This is no different. Your paranoia and desire to post hatred makes it appear that Israel is trying to somehow steal the oil. The only rationale for your thinking is that you somehow may have taken too much SARS medication the last trip to your country.