Reply to: Am I understanding this correctly?

[Bob Dalek]

What's wrong?? If I replaced Jewish with Muslim /Scotish / whatever, they you'd found that funny, but mentioning Jesish always causes outrage!!!

How many racist posts agains Muslims we have had on this board?? now one seemed to be bothered or shocked.

Anyway, Historical Jewish loan sharking is a well known thing (not to other Jewish people of course, only for non Jews)

I wonder if the predictable and silly outrage at any form of criticism of the Jews has anything at all to do with their near-extermination by Hitler's psychotic regime just a few decades ago? Tsk! They're just so jumpy about it, aren't they?

[NotAllThere]

What's wrong?? ...

It's sad that you really don't know. Perhaps you'd like to discuss the Protocols of Zion, how the holocaust didn't really happen; or perhaps less controversial topics, like big noses.

Islam isn't a race. It's a choice of religion. Ergo - not racism.

[shaunbhoy]

Those worthy citizens also had the added protection that, when markets crashed and they couldn't repay their debts, they could instead raise a pogrom and have their creditors slaughtered by the mob.

Now there is something almost worth enshrining in Law!

[NickFitz]

Anyway, Historical Jewish loan sharking is a well known thing (not to other Jewish people of course, only for non Jews)

It is historically correct that, for a number of centuries, Jewish people in Europe worked predominantly in the financial services industry (aka loan sharking), but this was because the Gentiles prohibited them from any other form of commercial activity. As is normally the case when racial prejudice is allowed to be enshrined in law, the lawmakers were still happy to obtain loans from those legislated against.

Those worthy citizens also had the added protection that, when markets crashed and they couldn't repay their debts, they could instead raise a pogrom and have their creditors slaughtered by the mob.

[TykeMerc]

I hope so - I never liked him.

I've met him, he's as big a prat in person as he is in the adverts, jumped up bank clerk with celebrityitis.

[Diver]

Codswallop is a word much underused, the youth of today with their rising Australian tonation and every other word being 'like' could do with a little codswallop.

Innit like

[Bagpuss]

Codswallop is a word much underused, the youth of today with their rising Australian tonation and every other word being 'like' could do with a little codswallop.

[Diver]

What's wrong?? If I replaced Jewish with Muslim /Scotish / whatever, they you'd found that funny, but mentioning Jesish always causes outrage!!!

How many racist posts agains Muslims we have had on this board?? now one seemed to be bothered or shocked.

Anyway, Historical Jewish loan sharking is a well known thing (not to other Jewish people of course, only for non Jews)

Jesish? Now that's a very antique term I haven't heard in a long time!

Jesish Cabinets, I actually have one in my garage. small about 2ft high and 14 inches wide. two doors with a knobbed handle and a drawer underneath.

Just thought I'd share that with you all

[Stan.goodvibes]

... we mustn't question the integrity or the value of the City must we?

Hmmmm, you used the words 'integrity' and 'City' in the same sentence.

[SandyDown]

Deleted cuz am a really nice person
The above is a joke, and no intended to insult or offend any group I have deepest respect to anyone who believe

[realityhack]

Hmm. Ok SD - justify it however you wish to.

[SandyDown]

WTF?

What's wrong?? If I replaced Jewish with Muslim /Scotish / whatever, they you'd found that funny, but mentioning Jesish always causes outrage!!!

How many racist posts agains Muslims we have had on this board?? now one seemed to be bothered or shocked.

Anyway, Historical Jewish loan sharking is a well known thing (not to other Jewish people of course, only for non Jews)

[realityhack]

Loan Shark? Old Jewish tradition

WTF?

[SandyDown]

Ahh, I see.

I want to make money out of lending money. Trouble is, I don't have any money, so I borrow money wholesale and then lend it to punters at a profit.

Then I get greedy and realise, actually, who cares if I lend to bad payers or buy worthless assets, as long as I can sell on these debts to bigger mugs.

After all, worst case, the tax payer will bail me out.


Nice work if you can get it. Of course, we mustn't question the integrity or the value of the City must we?

Loan Shark? Old Jewish tradition

[AtW]

I expect next week he'll be sing about being on the dole.

I hope so - I never liked him.