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Wednesday, August 08, 2012

An open letter to Gentiles repudiating Withywindle on behalf of those Jews who were repudiated in the original repudiation and all others who wish to sign on

Dear Gentiles,

As Pope of the Jews taking responsibility for my own and on behalf of those who don't think that what campaign donors ask presidential candidates to do reflects on all of us who are not that donor, I hereby apologize for and repudiate Withywindle back for the transgression of repudiating other Jews for their failure to repudiate Sheldon Adelson, yet another Jew, and also for repudiating Adelson himself, on the grounds that repudiation is not something we Jews are in a good ecclesiological position to do.

Inquisitionally yours,
Miss Self-Important

6 comments:

Withywindle said...

With any luck this could go viral.

Jacob T. Levy said...

"like."

Miss Self-Important said...

To help that along, we could try starting a repudiation chain.

Michelle said...

might a jewish inquisition be a bit neurotic?

Miss Self-Important said...

Ask Withywindle, it's his project.

Withywindle said...

The model was more Willi Brandt than Torquemada. Or perhaps one of the condemnations by Baruch Goldstein by a private Israeli citizen.

Actually, I said "I also apologize for and repudiate all other American Jews who want Pollard released"; this is not the same as "repudiating other Jews for their failure to repudiate Sheldon Adelson."

I don't think Jewish tradition prevents you from apologizing on behalf of other Jews; it may not say such an apology matters much, but I don't see where it's forbidden.

As for being inquisitorial: it's one thing to ask each Jew "do you condemn Pollard"; surely quite the reverse to say "I'm condemning him on your behalf, confident that you share my beliefs." Presumptuous, certainly; but inquisitorial doesn't quite seem apt to me.