Comments on: The Penitents http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/08/07/the-penitents/ Twisted by Jessica Zafra - Pumping irony since 1994 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:20:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jara http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/08/07/the-penitents/comment-page-1/#comment-36842 Jara Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:27:49 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/08/07/the-penitents/#comment-36842 Interesting article. I think there was a bit too much hokey psuedo-psychology employed there to run down the other converts so that she could give a big build up to the star of the show, the so-called 'Jewish Hitler'. Apparently, all the converts who had no famous familial connections were 'weighted down' and prone to a motivational ambivalence which precluded them from attaining peace, whereas the erstwhile, tentative relative of Hitler was portrayed as much more well-adjusted (and somewhat less neurotic) than the others - nor was he reported to the pychologist, apparently. Don't get me wrong, I liked the article a lot, but I just found the above pattern noteworthy. Cheers. Interesting article. I think there was a bit too much hokey psuedo-psychology employed there to run down the other converts so that she could give a big build up to the star of the show, the so-called ‘Jewish Hitler’. Apparently, all the converts who had no famous familial connections were ‘weighted down’ and prone to a motivational ambivalence which precluded them from attaining peace, whereas the erstwhile, tentative relative of Hitler was portrayed as much more well-adjusted (and somewhat less neurotic) than the others – nor was he reported to the pychologist, apparently.

Don’t get me wrong, I liked the article a lot, but I just found the above pattern noteworthy.

Cheers.

]]> By: jediknight http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/08/07/the-penitents/comment-page-1/#comment-36839 jediknight Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:34:28 +0000 http://jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2008/08/07/the-penitents/#comment-36839 A fascinating, thought-provoking article that hits me right in the solar plexus. Thank you for sharing Ms. Gold's article with us. I'd kiss you, but in this case I think a thank you is as good as a kiss. It was guilt, after all, that made them convert. What a terrible thing to have carried such a burden. No human being should have to carry that. The holocaust...the victims... well, what else can anyone say? And to think that there are still people who deny that such a monstrosity ever occurred. Many civilizations did disappear, and the Jews, despite anti-Semitism, Nazism, having no country of their own for thousands of years, still exists. Max Dimont, in "Jews, God, History,"--this was written in 1962--says that although one-half of one percent of the world's population are classified as Jews, 12 percent of all the Nobel prizes in physics, chemistry, and medicine have gone to Jews. Inspiring, yes, "nakakabilib," but Ms. Gold's article makes me feel strange, especially the one about the Israelis' treatment of Palestinians. I won't pretend to understand it, but it makes me feel... Well, not skushno, but there's this German word, "weltschmerz." Yes, that's it. Weltschmerz on a Thursday. I think I should watch Wayne's World 2 tonight. Schwiing. There's another foreign word for you. A fascinating, thought-provoking article that hits me right in the solar plexus. Thank you for sharing Ms. Gold’s article with us. I’d kiss you, but in this case I think a thank you is as good as a kiss.
It was guilt, after all, that made them convert. What a terrible thing to have carried such a burden. No human being should have to carry that. The holocaust…the victims… well, what else can anyone say? And to think that there are still people who deny that such a monstrosity ever occurred.
Many civilizations did disappear, and the Jews, despite anti-Semitism, Nazism, having no country of their own for thousands of years, still exists. Max Dimont, in “Jews, God, History,”–this was written in 1962–says that although one-half of one percent of the world’s population are classified as Jews, 12 percent of all the Nobel prizes in physics, chemistry, and medicine have gone to Jews. Inspiring, yes, “nakakabilib,” but Ms. Gold’s article makes me feel strange, especially the one about the Israelis’ treatment of Palestinians. I won’t pretend to understand it, but it makes me feel…
Well, not skushno, but there’s this German word, “weltschmerz.” Yes, that’s it. Weltschmerz on a Thursday. I think I should watch Wayne’s World 2 tonight. Schwiing. There’s another foreign word for you.

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