timefighter opened this issue on Feb 17, 2004 ยท 182 posts
mateo_sancarlos posted Tue, 17 February 2004 at 6:19 PM
I can't answer you directly, compiler. It's off-topic. I don't single out or accuse France, which has taken stringent steps to combat anti-semitism, precisely for the reason that it still exists in Europe. If you wish to bring yourself "up-to-speed" on current events in Europe, check out recent activities in Estonia, where Nazi collaborators refuse to apologize for their murderous behavior, where a popular rock group sings the lyrics "It's o.k. to kill Jews" with government approval, and where a Swiss holocaust denier is very popular right now. You might reply with Gallic hauteur that Estonia is not Europe, but what exists there on the surface, exists everywhere else in Europe as a more-or-less hidden undercurrent. It has been there for 1,000 years, so, with the help of socially-conscious people like you, we have to be eternally vigilant that it never comes to power again.