[lbo-talk] Al Gore's Judas Kiss

[R]

don't agree, brian.  not going to go into details of why and how.  other than to say the symbol of the alleged jewish betrayal of "god" is a profound antisemitic symbol that's been used and misused for centuries.  it ranges from judas kissing jesus for the sole purpose that the romans would know who to arrest to the allegations that the jewish sanhedrin caused pilot to crucify "god."  right up to the experiences of nat hentoff getting beaten up almost every day on his way home from school for being a christ killer.

very different from the mafia kiss of death, which hasn't a thing to do with a couple thousand years of violent and cruel religious discrimination.  judas kiss is no more friendly than a the mafia kiss of death or a kick in the groin.

R

  ----- Original Message ----- 

  From: Brian Siano 

  To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org 

  Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 6:37 AM

  Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Al Gore's Judas Kiss

  R wrote:

  > that's a very good point, shane.  it's the one thing that made me 

  > quite reluctant to post the article to the LBO group.   the author 

  > showed very bad taste in choosing that metaphor, and spoiled an 

  > otherwise good article by doing so.  i apologize for that aspect of 

  > it.  i wish he hadn't done it.

  Uh, I hate to break this to y'all, but the phrase "Judas kiss" has no 

  implications of anti-semitism. It's a reference to a friendly act which 

  signals or disguises a betrayal. There's no implication of anti-semitism 

  in it.

  It'd be like saying that a "Michael Corleone kiss" is anti-Italian.

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