tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post4721233277344229184..comments2024-03-27T17:29:51.954+00:00Comments on Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment: Was Dorothy Sayers an anti-semite?Fr John Hunwickehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17766211573399409633noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-82848377553009330222020-11-26T06:41:49.065+00:002020-11-26T06:41:49.065+00:00The Big Bow Mystery, by Israel Zangwill, a Jewish ...The Big Bow Mystery, by Israel Zangwill, a Jewish guy writing about the Jewish immigrant community in London, is frequently decried as being anti-Semitic. The samme thing often happens with Georgette Heyer's Jewish references and characters, even though she was ethnically Jewish. (And having a lot of fun mocking the stereotypes, in one case.)<br /><br />So yes, it's distressing that so Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-14962489185180275392020-11-19T12:49:17.335+00:002020-11-19T12:49:17.335+00:00I rather don't allow myself to be bullied by w...I rather don't allow myself to be bullied by words.<br /><br />I've had far too many Jewish friends, from childhood, university, the Navy and later, to possibly worry about whether Jews, as a group, liked me or not.Ed the Romanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13646391834821547517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-14300634199497928252020-11-16T15:01:15.654+00:002020-11-16T15:01:15.654+00:00Once I awoke from a lifetime of philosemitic slumb...Once I awoke from a lifetime of philosemitic slumbers and realized that this group, as a group, did not at all reciprocate my friendliness, I became astonished at how Gentiles, Christians especially, allow ourselves to be bullied by a word which has no more moral value than "Islamophobia."<br /><br />Back in 1921, Hillaire Belloc saw things clearly. OreamnosAmericanushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15602268350813211243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-2520838119453223902020-11-15T22:22:21.780+00:002020-11-15T22:22:21.780+00:00Don't forget the little rhyme:
Lord Dawson of...Don't forget the little rhyme:<br /><br />Lord Dawson of Penn<br />Killed so many men<br />Which is why we all sing<br />God save the KingShaun Davieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00884286568978407343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-56948952902073030762020-11-15T20:20:17.903+00:002020-11-15T20:20:17.903+00:00Marvelous post! I have been enjoying your discussi...Marvelous post! I have been enjoying your discussions of Sayers because I am a longtime fan of her work.<br />By the way, I never knew that the King had been murdered by his physician. Yikes.Ladyhobbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02668460460851427837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940364093450837549.post-25936863648147023372020-11-15T19:57:46.977+00:002020-11-15T19:57:46.977+00:00Sayers had a Jewish lover, and was certainly not a...Sayers had a Jewish lover, and was certainly not an anti-Semite. Indeed, she also has a sympathetic character (aristocratic and presumably Anglican) marry Levy's daughter Rachel. Mrs McLeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18095035617334068201noreply@blogger.com