Friday, March 07, 2008

Jewish Overachievers

Ace and I have this running joke about how Jews fucking rule. Basically Ace makes fun of me every time I point someone who is successful or good is Jewish. He sees it as a "superiority complex" on my part or racist. I just like seeing "my people" succeed, I don't think a little Jewish pride is being racist. But if that makes me a racist so be it, I actually think all people are racist, it's how you act on that racism that makes a difference in my mind. I admire how much Jews have accomplished in the last century and half despite the adversity. I'm actually reading a great book called the The Jewish Mystique. It tries to explain why Jews are perceived they are and also why for example Jews are disproportionately represented as Nobel Laureates and in say the medical profession. It's a fascinating look at the Jewish culture from a non-Jewish author, worth reading if you are interested in the topic. Once I'm done reading it I might have a better fuller review of it.

Anyhoo, it seems Jews or at least Westerners seem to out pace their peers in every field....

Not sure if Adam Gadahn was born Jewish, but let's say he was. He was a very high-ranking Al Qaeda terrorist, perhaps number five in the whole organization, which means, sadly, that even when it comes to Al Qaeda terrorism, Jews and Americans are just better at it than most Islamist fuckheads.

Can't you guys even manage a decent go at this without fucking it all up? We've left a whole field of human endeavor wide open to you -- true, a thoroughly stupid and evil field, but we figure that's about your speed -- and you're still being outpaced by the Jews and Westerners and Jew-Westerners.

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