Thursday, October 16, 2003

Ruling the world

I always thought that the biggest problem with the planet was that I do not rule it. . . . OH, . . . wait. . . . I do, by "proxy".

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad claims that the Jews rule the world. Moreover they invented Socialism, democracy and other things for their own benefit somehow. To win, he calls on Muslims to emulate Jews, and get out of medieval ways of thinking about the world. He believes that the Jewish people had "survived 2,000 years of pogroms not by hitting back, but by thinking"

One of the first bits of wisdom I can think of comes from the Talmud: "silence is a sign of wisdom".