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NY fire chief apologizes for anti-Semitic remarks
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Published: 30.03.14, 16:30
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1. So what did he call the Yossel...
Al   (03.30.14)
a Kike, a Hebe a shmoe? Oh heavens sake ...grow up...you want to live among the goyim, sucking on their welfare teat and you expect what? That you'll be loved...really grow up. Thats why we have an Israel, so we Jews can finally have a home we can call our own. For those who refuse to see it, I suggest you stay in America and learn to suck it up.
2. Holocaust museums count only Jews, denying tens of millions
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.30.14)
...of non-Jewish murdered, their right to be acknowledged, in same way as Jews.
3. To #2
Daniel Greenholtz ,   New York, NY   (03.30.14)
Holocaust museums do not deny the millions of victims of WWII as you suggest. Your post suggests that you deny the unprecedented industrialized mass murder of Jews and are offended by efforts to commemorate this historical event. This sounds like a transparent and failed attempt to disguise an underlying hatred of Jews. Or maybe holocaust denial.
4. #2 inconsistent
(03.30.14)
In one post elsewhere you quote 4M, now you say tens of millions. Didnt anybody ever teach you to be consistent when arguing a point? It makes you lose credibility, not that you had any to begin with... For the 4M or tens of millions or whatever your flavor of the day is, let them build a museum to own their dead if they care enough. Jews have no obligation to remember the dead of other nations.
5. to number 4
Bluegrass Picker ,   Afula   (03.31.14)
yes, we the dat-moshe ==do== have an obligation to remember the martyred other individuals. It is also correct to say that their own communities are the only ones who ==can ever == memorialize them in a communal framework. After all, "community" is a social construct. Example: only Ukranians can define, who is a Ukranian. To say otherwise, is to become colonialist. Which, of course, is actually a favorite sport of the "progressive liberals".
6. No 2 ,Museums
Claude ,   UK and Cape Town   (03.31.14)
From your comment it is obvious you nit visited many Holocaust Museums, perhaps not many museums at all, living in such a culturally isolated spot. Most Holocaust Museums have significant displays, information on the genocide against Roma, Homosexuals, the Disabled and other Genocides often have special commemorative events. Get an education, You could start at the Imperial War Museum in London, which houses an excellent display on the Holocaust and other Genocides. On the other hand do we want someone like you polluting our cultured city.
7. kick his "stoopid" butt out of office.
Jewbie ,   AMERICA THE BEAUTIUL   (03.31.14)
let him go fight fires in the YUKON!
8. Oh America . .
Mike ,   NZ   (03.31.14)
Home of the free and brave !!! Yeah right.
9. #3,4, Google "WWII Casualties" on Wikipedia...60M-85M killed
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (03.31.14)
...9 out of 10 not Jewish, 60% civilians, not just 6M Jews, which is the true Holocaust denial, counting only Jews. Most survivors filmed during liberation of concentration camps were non-Jewish forced laborers.
10. Huh?
Howard ,   Chicago USa   (03.31.14)
Someone explain to me how a holocaust museum is related to this guy. So somebody called him a slur. Big deal.
11. Where does the name ben assi come from
vonSchwabing   (04.01.14)
Ben means "son" now delete the i ate the end of his last name. there you go!!
12. Steve Benassi's - lies and flawed logic
Ehud   (04.01.14)
First of all, most of thiose filmed were Jews. Second, your argument is like saying 'so many European and African people have died in wars, why should I care about the Sudanese genocide'. Hatred bounds logic!
13. Really?
(04.01.14)
Call him a WOP and move on.
14. To number 2
Artur ,   Wojtek   (04.01.14)
Whilst 3 million Not Jewish Poles including many of my family were murdered by the Germans along with many others it is somewhat different. The Germans did not seek to totally exterminate all Poles on the planet wheras they did systematically plan and undertake a systematic destruction of the Jews this is what the Holocaust was. You clearly have never set foot in a Holocaust museum where this is always explained and other victims of the Nazis are honoured. My country Poland had 20% of its population murdered by the Nazis 3 Million Jewish Poles and 3 Million Non-Jewish Poles. Please come to Poland and we can teach you all about the Jewish Holocaust and also about the Non-Jews who died.
15. #14, Count all Holocaust victims, stop excuses, stop denial
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (04.02.14)
I have been to Dachau, the first concentration camp...built for German political prisoners.
16. and I wonder if an apology would have been enough
frank ,   rehovot   (04.08.14)
if he used a negative word against blacks? Ask Paula Dean? Why do we agree that all is well if they apologize? What the hell is wrong with us? are we so ashamed and afraid? Why didn't we demand he resign in disgrace with the lose of his pension? Why do we always cower to these pigs? if we don't stand up, then we can't really complain about them because it is not them, but us!
17. To: No. 15
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.10.14)
The Holocaust, or Shoah, refers exclusively to the attempted eradication of the Jewish people from this earth. It does not refer to the wholesale slaughter of the Roma people, or the Slavs, or homosexuals, or anyone else. There are appropriate venues which commemorate the demise of other victims of the Nazis. But the Holocaust refers exclusively to the extermination of six million Jews.
18. To: No. 9
Sarah B ,   U.S.A. / Israel   (04.10.14)
One-third of the Jewish population of the world were slaughtered in the Holocaust. No other identifiable group lost one-third of its population ... not even the Roma people. Perhaps it is true that most survivors filmed during the liberation of the camps were non-Jewish. The corpses stacked like cordwood -- those were the Jews. In addition to being a disgrace to humankind generally, you're way out of your league on this Forum. Go peddle your skewed statistics somewhere else.
19. Bigot Fire Chief
Al Neuman ,   Orefield PA USA   (04.12.14)
The only thing that would suficiently penalize this racist bigot would be a big $$ fine. That's the only thing that these overpaid public employees understand.
20. Because ONLY JEWISH numbers are LIED about
Susan ,   DC, USA   (04.17.14)
THAT's why Jews make sure our facts are documented. You are welcome to start your own museum wherever you see the need.
21. #15 YOU stop lying!
Susan ,   DC, USA   (04.18.14)
The Holocaust was AIMED at Jews. Which citizens wore the stars before they ever saw a camp? Which citizens had their rights taken away, their businesses ruined, property stolen & destroyed? At whom were the Nuremberg Laws openly aimed? JEWS. We concentrate on our dead because your ilk did first - & we will NEVER FORGET.
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