Where is the support for those quotes. Your clown said Catholics were not aware of the Popes position. The church did not get the word out to the faithful. What a bunch of horse shit. The Pope and some Cardinals were quoted all the time as they were one of the few high profile sources (besides the french) for anti war quotes. What insulting shit from your bonehead source. As if Catholics would have polled the way the Pope told them to vote. The Pope has been against aggression since I am old enough to remember. Catholics are not nearly as "anti self defense". There is no reason to take this guys quote in 2007 about 50% of jews being against the war in 2003 seriously. where is the statistically believable proof. And if 50% were against the war how come they did not get themselves heard at the time. The biggest anti war place at the time was here on ET. And it was mostly coming from overseas.
they try quite intensively not to have a "jewish" opinion in the news. does not do them any good. low profile preferred.
Jem, why so much anger? Anyway: 2003 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion 2. Do you approve or disapprove of the war with Iraq? Approve 43 Disapprove 54 Not sure 3 http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=838459&ct=1051549 And that was of course when 75% of americans supported the war.
Ok one poll from a Jewish group. do you think that is statistically significant. Was that a poll of its members. Do the people who responded represent an accurate cross section of the community. or might they be the people motivated to respond to such a poll. The point is that if you remember back in time. The war was virtually supported by everyone in public. Very few people had the balls to say they were against it, in public. Now everyone is saying they were against it. Its utter bullshit. Ever met 50 year old in the North East who did not go to woodstock. 20 years ago every person about 10 years older than me - tennis instructor, beer drinker, social person in the north east -- said they were at woodstock. Think it was true. I am not agitated at all about this on a religious basis. I am just annoyed by all the weak minded losers out there. If you were against it and did not speak up who cares.
What defines Jewish? More and more "Jews" identify themselves as agnostic. I know the Orthodox community was very pro-war and quite supportive of Bush in 2004. The secular Jew living at Amsterdam and W 79th is anti-war and certainly not Republican. Who's the real Jew?
Is it in the genes? Environment? Why is your generalization that Jew's "outperform" any different than say someone else saying "most Blacks are pricks"?