Talk:Peter Pilz

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What's the point of saying Ashkenazi? The point is partly that most readers don't know the difference. What, should we have to say now that Albert Einstein was Ashkenazi, that Michael Bloomberg is Askenazi etc.?--Pharos 06:54, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Why not? It helps people understand the cultural differences between Benjamin Disraeli and Sigmund Freud. Not all Jews are the same in outlook and orientation. Most Ashkenazi are socialist and most Sephardi are capitalist. I never knew much about them until comparison. TheUnforgiven 07:15, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I think you have a real misunderstanding here. -"Most Ashkenazi are socialist and most Sephardi are capitalist." You would not say that if you were more familiar with, for example, modern Israeli politics, where the strongest supporters of social programs are the Sephardic Shas and the strongest supporters of free market economics are the almost-all Ashkenazi Shinui.--Pharos 07:39, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Well then, we need to keep matters clear. Why would you object to clarification? TheUnforgiven 07:49, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The point is, theUnforgiven is making factually wrong statements. this goes against the point of an encyclopedia. The paragraph about Freud and Disraeli, capitalism and socialism is nonsense, if not anti-semetic. Slrubenstein | Talk 22:24, 13 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to draw your attention to the fact that Pilz's Jewish origins—something I've never heard before and a fact which is completely irrelevant anyway—was added by an anonymous user whose only other contribution is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad#Involvement in assassination of Kurd opponents in Austria. <K F> 23:52, July 13, 2005 (UTC)