Stay away from this [censored]

[fpb]

I don't think I have been so furious in years. Gerald Augustinus' Closed Cafeteria, a blog I USED TO read regularly - they can forget about me from now on - has published in full the infamous racist speech that ended the career of loathsome British politician Enoch Powell in 1968. The blog claimed that this piece of filthy black-bashing, aimed entirely at people with dark skins, had anything to do with the current episodes of terrorism in Britain. This is total, complete, unmitigated rubbish, and shows a revolting inability to distinguish between opposition to militant Islam and brute racism with which I do not want to be involved. If anyone else here has ever had the bad idea of reading Closed Cafeteria, I urge you to stop and let him know why.

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What did we expect from cafeteria food?

[daisan.livejournal.com]

I found your blog through The Cafeteria is Closed, but not because I'm an avid reader. Like you, I used to like it, but got tired of him villifying everyone who doesn't share his position. I'm currently involved in a discussion of the Motu Proprio with a Jewish friend and found your excellent comment to Gerald's June 28th post. I hope I can quote your eloquent explanation of the Church's position on the Jewish people. It's nice to see respectful, complete answer. Thanks!

Re: What did we expect from cafeteria food?

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I do not remember exactly what I said, but you may find some speculations on the relationship of Christians and Jews from a Christian point of view in this essay: http://community.livejournal.com/fpb_de_fide/1203.html - in a community I run, dedicated to occasional religious essays, which you would be welcome to join if you like. The reader who called it "incredibly interesting" is a committed Jew herself, so your friend might find it worth a look. There also are reflections that take in Hebraic matters here: http://community.livejournal.com/fpb_de_fide/456.html, and here: http://community.livejournal.com/fpb_de_fide/3183.html. There are also a couple of items in my regular blog, which would take me too long to find. In general, I am fond of the Hebrew Old Testament and of Jews in general, and I even wrote a Harry Potter fanfic with a Jewish heroine and Jewish magic (mysticism) as background.