First, in case anyone missed it: the post in question.

Second, while much if not all of the statement of the person quoted in the post is paranoid, offensive Jew-baiting - and patently ridiculous to boot - I did not make the cognitive leap to assign the same views to 'Dennis'. I may be naively granting too much benefit-of-doubt, but: even with the absence of preface or afterword, the purpose of posting this spew could easiliy have been "See, this is the kind of fanatic nutcase we have to deal with in our war against terrorism!" - and I chose to take it that way.

Third, in case anyone missed it: not all Semites are Jews, nor are all Jews Semites. This one [takes a bow] happens to have Celtic and Germanic roots that go nowhere near the Levant, let alone Eastern Europe. It's not mere semantic hairsplitting to characterize the 'hard line' Israelis as anti-Semitic, since their Palestinian cousins are Semites, too.

Be that as it may, I'll reiterate the point I made in my note to Tom on this thread: shunning is more effective than banning. Don't want to read it? Don't cllick on it.

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