<p>???</p>
<p>huh?</p>
<p>golani, what ARE you talking about? Who said anything about ‘finishing the job?’</p>
<p>You really are distorting my words.</p>
<p>I repeat: I was simply trying to make the point that whether you are speaking of keeping a race ‘pure’ or a religion ‘pure’ it is still an attitude of separating a particular group of people from others.</p>
<p>Of course, I very strongly believe in the value of sharing wonderful things, including traditions, rather than hoarding one’s own things at the exclusion of other things.</p>
<p>No single race, religion, or tradition is perfect. That’s why I believe in the value of seeking out the best that humanity has to offer, regardless of the race, religion, or culture it came from. We can all improve if we seek the best in one another, preserving traditions because they have value, but not just for the sake of tradition.</p>
<p>There is a huge amount of beauty and value in the Jewish tradition, as well as many others.</p>
<p>Lighten up, golani! No one is insulting you or your religion! Yes, Jewish people have been persecuted. But so have many other peoples. I am part Cherokee and my ancestors were slaughtered. Yeah, well, life carries on. I’m alive today and rejoicing in the beauty of this world our Creator has created. Yes, there is ugliness in this world. Let’s focus on the beauty and maybe it will attract more beauty, love, peace, compassion and harmony, instead of separation, division, violence and hate.</p>