# Holding on to Jewish grudges?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-on-to-jewish-grudges/421256>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 2, 2007, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-on-to-jewish-grudges/421256 "2007-10-02T14:18:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-on-to-jewish-grudges/421256/161 "2007-10-09T05:57:25Z")

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In 13 years, when (going by average life expectancy) it can reasonably be expected that the actual survivors of the death camps have all been shuffled loose off this mortal chain, and we are only down to their immediate descendants, we can start thinking about de-stigmatizing the Holocaust. Until that point, I s’pose it’s still on par with chink and gook jibes from the Vietnam era.

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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-on-to-jewish-grudges/421256/162 "2007-10-09T08:49:14Z")

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[QUOTE=DSeid]  
\*Yes, **sapo** your apology is noted but so is how long it seemed to take to get that one was indicated and the lack of evidence that you get it yet, really.  
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Thanks for at least acknowledging it. Believe me it was sincere, even if it somehow missed some [many/most] people’s expectations. I had no real desire to scratch any old scabs. I think I get it. I thought I did from the beginning, though. Sorry, no sackcloth and ashes smilie.

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**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-on-to-jewish-grudges/421256/163 "2007-10-09T11:19:28Z")

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[QUOTE=Gukumatz]  
Until that point, I s’pose it’s still on par with chink and gook jibes from the Vietnam era.  
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Oh, dude, no way. I **am** a gook from the Vietnam Era, and there’s no way I’d compare the two. Hell, the fact that I can even joke about it indicates the difference. :eek: 🙂

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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holding-on-to-jewish-grudges/421256/164 "2007-10-09T15:29:40Z")

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[QUOTE=OneCentStamp]  
Oh, dude, no way. I **am** a gook from the Vietnam Era, and there’s no way I’d compare the two. Hell, the fact that I can even joke about it indicates the difference. :eek: 🙂  
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Fair enough, I withdraw the point, but Hitler and X Nazi _does_ get a lot of mileage, as well. Though probably not in the relevant age group.

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