I agree with Foxy.

the woman showed incredible stupidity by commiting to writing a crass and demeaning comment, regardless of the ethnicity of the target.

She deserves to be sacked because the comment reflects her crass stupidity and unsuitability to hold a position of responsibility, more than what she actually said.

Yes the Jews are a little too precious about their victim status.They do not have the monopoly on pain or suffering.They were just lucky that their holocaust had hard evidence and was widely publicised.Starlin killed 20 million of his own people,Pol Pot was directly responsible for 1 million and indirectly killed another 2 million.How many millions have suffered in China that we will never know about?
Being a bit more generous,might help soften their image of being ruthless business people and totally anal with money.

Dear Arjay,

Jews are among the most generous supporters and patrons of the Arts,
and countless charities.

It's unfair to single people out - and buy into mythology.

Arjay: << Being a bit more generous,might help soften their image of being ruthless business people and totally anal with money. >>

Arjay, you do realise that you've deployed precisely the same anti-Semitic stereotype that led to Chandler's dismissal, don't you? You know, the one about Jews being greedy, ruthless and money-hungry... and all that other stuff that also fed the Holocaust.

Duh.

Melbourne owes more to one "Jew" than they realize.

"Sidney Myer".. the music bowl.. and many other aspects of public benevolance.

He was so loved that much of Melbourne turned out for his funeral...
Masses and Masses of people..

In fact, there may have been some of his own ethnicity that did not come......

Sidney Myer embraced Christ as his Savior. I guess that makes him a 'messianic' Jew? though the term had not been coined in that day as far as I know.

http://www.myerfoundation.org.au/_100.asp#smf

I'm agreed that such comments as in the email are silly, and indicative of an attitude which does not belong in any political party which has the genuine interests of the community at heart.

Tragically, all political parties that I know of, have the interests of their voters and shareholders at heart.

Yes Foxy, an insult is an insult.

My point was that when applied to 'Poms', most Australians see it as funny. Also, when a 'Pom' does complain about this sort of treatment he/she becomes a 'whingeing Pom'. I've never seen any other ethnicity subjected to this, at least not in the last few years.