Letters to the Editor
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The good, the bad, and the ugly
First of all to Jonah-- thanks for an entertaining and well-researched piece. Although not Jewish myself, I found the list very interesting for the obvious reason that Jews are usually known for their impressive accomplishments in non-athletic fields, e.g. science, medicine, arts,etc.
What I found equally interesting was the reaction to it. I've noticed that nearly anything about Jews brings out a contingent of folks who seem unusually and generally inappropriately upset by anything which portrays them in a favorable light. It's impressive and even amusing to see the logical and literary contortions exercised in a labored attempt to find something ostensibly objectively offensive about such an innocent piece, and it's amazing how much effort some have put into these twisted syllogisms.
Given the lack of logic or cogent argument offered by any of the article's critics, I reluctantly have to conclude that the truth of the matter is that there remain a number of closet anti-Sems out there, who get their rocks off by going to nearly any length to convince others (and I suspect themselves) that there is something wrong with virtually any positive reference to Jews.
So for those folks, including the apparently self-hating Sugarman, and the courageous bigots like "Anonymous", I can only say: spend as much time examining your real motives as you do trying to find fault with a group which has probably contributed more per capital to American progress than any other-- and as a Gentile, I have to say that's the irrefutibe truth which deeply troubles these deeply troubled individuals. They need to get a life.