Larry Kuperman

Reply to Happy Easter, peoples... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Happy Easter to all!

Reply to Left-Leaning Antennae in Politics JoeUser Forums

The difference between reporting the war in a negative light, reporting the same story in a positive light and offering an unbiased perspective usually comes down to a few adjectives. This shouldn't be a big deal. As soon as I read this blog post, I opened CNN. The headline is "U.S. suspends offensive in Fallujah." I would rate this as mildly negative. Why? "Offensive" indicates that we, the U.S. I mean, are the aggressor. We are indulging in

While the World Did Nothing in History JoeUser Forums

In April and May 1994, the world stood silent while Hutu extremists killed nearly a million of their countrymen in a rampage that lasted 100 days. I was a part of that silent crowd. In studying the events of World War II, I have often asked "How could THEY do nothing?" With Rwanda, the question is more personal. "How could I do nothing?" And the trut

Reply to Anniversary of The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Sherye, with your pemission I will certainly use that quote. :)

Anniversary of The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I have said before, and this is an old joke, that all Jewish Holidays may be explained as follows: they tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat! Tonight, the second night of the Passover Holiday, is no exception. Tonight I had dinner with over a hundred of my closest friends. :) We held a Passover meal with many participants, many readers. Not only adults, b

On Coming Forth From Egypt in Religion JoeUser Forums

Every man, woman and child, every people, race and religion, all humans will face times of adversity. All of us will have to overcome the forces that hold us down, that keep us from finding our own Promised Lands. These are our own, personal "times of bondage in Egypt" if you will. Tonight, on the first night of Pesach or Passover, I want to express what I see as the

True, But VERY Strange in Humor JoeUser Forums

The last article that I posted was kind of "heavy," if you know what I mean. So, I thought that I would share some true but decidely odd stories. I hope that you get a laugh. (Please note that two of the stories relate to sexual attacks, not a humorous topic, but the victims were not harmed. But the stories were on the "odd" side.) Numero Uno: Fight B

Reply to The History of Anti-Semitism in Europe in Europe JoeUser Forums

Hey, Sherye! Thank you. Israelis, themselves compare the behavior of the Palestinians to the holocaust. I don't know of any Israelis that do that. Of course there are millions of Israelis and I can't speak for them all. But the Holocaust or Shoah has a special, and hopefully unique, meaning. Those sympathetic to Israel might make that comparison.

Reply to The History of Anti-Semitism in Europe in Europe JoeUser Forums

Solitair, thank you. I was REALLY afraid that I went WAY too long with this post. Two counter-points. If I wanted to suppress a report while still being "politically correct" I might object to the language, a highly defensible position. Hypothetical More importantly, I am of the opinion that clashes between Muslims and Jews are far more common in Europe than in the US. I will research that today (if time permits) and post my findings

Reply to Here Are The Winners of the 2004 JoeUser Awards in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Thank you for the award, but there is no question in mind that the greatest community service done at JoeUser so far was GemCityJoe organizing these awards. Thank you, GCJ!!!

The History of Anti-Semitism in Europe in Europe JoeUser Forums

Recent articles and some posts here share the perspective that The Holocaust or Shoah was a single episode of anti-Semitism in Europe, an aberration if you will. History shows otherwise. The purpose of this post is to examine the history of anti-Semitism in Europe as a pattern of hateful and violent events, not a single episode. If you know my writings, I alw

Reply to Why Palestine Resonates in International JoeUser Forums

Let me again reiterate that the original post by O G San is an excellent one. He stated "there is one conflict which stands head and shoulders above all others." Viewing the responses to this thread is proof that. "Even the words “Israel” and “Palestine” are highly charged, full of history and emotion." Again, an undisputable truth. However a statement such as "They believe that Israel is condemned around the world not because it is unjust<

Reply to Why Palestine Resonates in International JoeUser Forums

My first comment is that the article was well-written and well-conceived. That doesn't mean that I agree with all points, I disagree with some, but I am glad that O G San raised them. The basic gist, that this is an issue that many people have strong feelings about, is inarguable. For many pro-Palestinians the issues revolve about right and wrong, about undoing years of European colonization and about regaining their "place in the sun" in the

Reply to JoeUser Works For Me in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Dan Kaschel said: Can I hitch a ride into town? For you, Dan, anytime. :)

Reply to IT'S WRONG TO FORCE ISRAEL TO TOLERATE TERRORISM in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Hmmm, you are the first I have heard say "The posture of the U.S. toward Israel will soon cause Israel to seek support from other nations, especially the EU, and Germany in particular." I have a hard time seeing that, but politics does make strange bed-fellows. As for US support, you are aware that the US used it's veto power to avert a UN resolution condemning Israel's assasination of Yassin without comdemning Hamas as terrorists? See http://

Reply to Yesterday's Jew, Today's Arab in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Jim Morgan, thank you for that! stevendedalus said: What weakens your argument though is that you're talking about second and third generation Arabs and a good deal of whom have inter-married and their culture goes by the wayside. They're surely not as thick as Soprano type cultures. You really should provide support for such statements. As it happens, you are quite correct , something that I would not have thought about! (Anoth

Tools For the Blogger in Blogging JoeUser Forums

For the past couple of weeks, I have been using MyIE2 as my browser. It really is an add-on to Internet Explorer that allows you to open multiple web pages in the same Window. They show as tabs at the top. Installation is trivial and you will find that all you Favorites have been imported from Internet Explorer. If you have read any of my blogs, you

JoeUser Works For Me in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I blogged a lot this week. This is the 6th or 7th post for me, a one week personal record. A couple of Humor posts (is there going to be a sub-category of Humor>Bad Jokes just for me?), a couple on world events and some of the usual miscellaneous maunderings. I am thrilled that I could post them all on the same site. I felt good when I wrote them and even better when

Reply to Don't Hate Me Cuz I'm Beautiful in Misc JoeUser Forums

"25% of the people that you meet, will love you no matter what. 25% will hate you, no matter what. Only worry about what the remaining 50% will think." We all invent personalities, don't you think?

Reply to Yesterday's Jew, Today's Arab in Current Events JoeUser Forums

JeremyG, I would say that Arab-Americans are part of the "average-joe american" population. There are about 3 million to 3.5 million people living in the United States of Arabian origin, say 1% of the total population. If you selected 100 Americans at random, 1 would likely have roots in an Arab country. I did look for an article that asked Americans how they thought Arabs felt about them (different I think from a poll actually asking how Arab

Reply to Yesterday's Jew, Today's Arab in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Sherye, so is Jamie Farr (of MASH fame.) And both Danny Thomas and Jamie Farr were more successful as Arab-Americans in real life than portrayals in the media would lead us to believe. Danny was a heck of a guy. He was awarded with the Congressional Medal of Honor for his work in establishing the St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. Danny was born in Deerfield, Michigan. But did you know that his birthname was Muzyad Yahkoob? He played "Da

Yesterday's Jew, Today's Arab in Current Events JoeUser Forums

My cousin is an Arab. Well, that is not literally true, but I bet that it got your attention. What is literally true is that Jews and Arabs share many of the same roots, both cultually and genetically. Both are Semetic peoples and if you accept the Bible, both are descended from the Patriarch Abraham. But there is another element that we have in common. Both

Reply to Spyware, Adware and Malware in Windows Software JoeUser Forums

You are welcome, WiseFawn.

Reply to PEDOPHILES ON THE INTERNET in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I am not sure about some of the statistics cited, but regardless, one child molested is too many. Here is a link for the National Center For Missing and Exploited Children: http://www.missingkids.com/ Here is the Cybertipline: http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=169 where you can report the sexual exploitation of children. You can also go directly to the US Dept. of Justice:

Spyware, Adware and Malware in Windows Software JoeUser Forums

Downloading software has gotten pretty dangerous these days. You have to worry if you got a virus, a worm or other "bad things." I hope that everyone is running an anti-virus program, perhaps supplemented by a firewall. The purpose of this article is to discuss some of those other "bad things," to tell you what they are and to suggest what you can do about them. <