Comments on: Why was this relevant?

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:38:54 +0000

Is it relevant..OMG! Yes, it is obvious that we should use the Israeli means of defining people and states by ethnocentric means. Financial powerhouses like Soros should be a source of pride to those who demand a Jewish state.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:57:54 +0000

seems like everybody finds the mentioning of the jewish ancestry irrelevant to the article.

it’s about as relevant as the fact that he’s Hungarian-born (which is to say not at all).

funnily enough, nobody’s complaining about the relevance of his Hungarian origin.

By: Pete Cann

Pete Cann — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:53:57 +0000

I don’t agree. The Jewish community as such is very cohesive, extremely slow to assimilate and easily replacing assimilated members from within, unless I’m wrong; it is for many purposes a nation in diaspora, especially for cultural purposes. It’s no less meaningful to talk about Soros’ Jewish ancestry than it is to talk about his other national ancestry. I’m a half-Jewish, half-Scottish, fully-assimilated, all-American mutt myself. I kind of like the Jewish culture; Scottish, maybe I like it but I don’t know it’s Scottish. I’m an atheist, by the way.

By: Miner

Miner — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:51:55 +0000

Soros earned his fame in his vision and ability in meddling world biz. He won a great a victory in heavily pounding the British pound. The worst is over of course, if he can make it less worse. Only his name is relevant.