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Politics : Israel to U.S. : Now Deal with Syria and Iran -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (7956)	4/4/2005 10:22:39 AM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22250

Gershon Explains His Racist Remarks to Knesset Panel. Haaretz [Israeli newspaper], July 4, 2001 "Maccabi Tel Aviv's outgoing [professional] basketball coach, Pini Gershon, yesterday offered a full explanation to the Knesset committee for prevention of violence in sport, following the publication this week of racist remarks that he had made several months ago ... . Yedioth Ahronoth's Web site, Y-Net, published a report on Sunday in which Gershon is quoted as telling a closed forum of senior IDF [Israeli military] officers that 'even among blacks there are different colors. There is dark black, and there is mocha. The mocha type are more clever, and the darker color usually come from the street.' The report said that the often overly-vivacious Gershon drew laughter from his listeners. He then continued unfazed: 'I am not joking. You can see the standing of those with a bit more mixture in their color, such as Andrew Kennedy. You can see his personality. He will check you out, he is clever. The other (darker) blacks are stupid. They will do whatever you tell them, like slaves.' Gershon told the Knesset committee that the words were uttered last September and that none of the officers present made any comment to him about his remarks. 'They were happy, we spoke jovially. I spoke about all the players and none of them criticized me,' he said yesterday."

To: Karen Lawrence who wrote (7956)	4/5/2005 4:09:11 AM
From: GUSTAVE JAEGER	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 22250

Re: Doesn't that make him 79? Perhaps... Lustiger is said to be 78 --I didn't bother to check it since it's still below 80, the age limit to be a "voting Cardinal". I could give you scores of clues pointing to the election of Cardinal Lustiger as the next Pope: >>Vatican pundits claim that a long (papal) reign is usually followed by a short one... Well, if Lustiger is elected Pope at 78+, he's not likely to put in another 25 years at the Vatican! >>Lustiger is West European and that's exactly what's called for to kickstart Christianity --and the Catholic church in particular-- in Western Europe, a "pit of iniquity", crawling with atheists and Muslim immigrants.... Who needs an African or South American Pope anyway? I mean, think of the Catholic church as the religious equivalent of the Coca-cola Company: it doesn't make sense to allocate all the company's marketing and advertising resources on its growing markets! You rather need a CEO who will focus on the sluggish markets and flush out new growth and "customers".... >>Nobody talks about him, you won't find Mgr Lustiger in any "Papabile shortlist"... Lustiger? Oh, he just retired, didn't he? Indeed, he retired from his Paris archbishopric, not from his Cardinalship.... >>Last but not least, the US administration badly wants a Zionist Pope to sell its impending war against Iran: I expect Pope Lustiger to be the Pius XII of the next World War: he won't play the anti-Muslim warmonger but, like Pius XII vis-a-vis Nazi Germany, his silence will prove even more eloquent... And then, the US has some strong incentive to "pack" the next conclave: the billions of dollars the Catholic church will have to pay to US accusers in the pending litigations (about sexual abuse) before US courts. So, here's the deal: elect Lustiger and we'll whitewash your record. Gus