User talk:King Mondo

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[edit] Macht is Jewish?

King Mondo, I undid your revert on Gabriel Macht re "Macht is Jewish" for several reasons. The fact that Macht comes from a Jewish family is not known to have influenced his acting and hence is not something that should be emphasized to a visiting reader. This fact is, acceptably, mentioned in two of the categorizations of the Macht article, but it is not encyclopedic to give it prominence in the main article. This matter has been discussed in theory elsewhere in Wikipedia (see the talk page for American Jews). It is not clear "ethnicity" applies here any more than being Episcopalian or Presbyterian is "ethnic", unless you have some citation to show that Macht is very involved with some non-mainstream-American group, such as one that adopts a particular dress style, predominantly speaks, say, Yiddish or otherwise distinguishes itself as having some easily recognizable ethnicity. In particular, pointing out that someone is Jewish when there is no clear reason for so doing smacks of aggressive anti-Semitism whether that be the actual intent or not; this is so in light of recent history, where Nazis and other blatant anti-Semitic groups engaged in that kind of behavior with the clear purpose of discrediting an individual, of reminding readers of the alleged threat Jews pose for the rest of humanity and of making it "normal" to despise and dehumanize Jews. Jews and other people who have been sensitized to such practices and who witness their continuation on many websites in the US and Europe and in many middle eastern publications would view singling out Jews for gratuitous "ethnic" remarks with alarm. Wikipedia does not need this kind of thing. There are, of course, entertainers who use their jewishness as part of their shtik and this should certainly be mentioned in any general appraisal of their work. If you have evidence that Macht has been doing this, then by all means exhibit it and provide interesting details for the stub article. Otherwise, please refrain from reverting again. The original mention of Macht being Jewish was placed there as an anonymous edit by someone who has been causing trouble on Wikipedia, who has been blocked in the past, and who posted similar remarks about alleged Jews on a bunch of articles. You can see the kind of motivation that is likely to underlie such edits and I hope you can see why it is best not to have the remark in question in the Macht article. Myron 19:08, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Sybil Grant

Sybil Grant had a Jewish mother but she was a baptised Christian. Giano 20:39, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] You've drawn attention in high places

Jimbo himself has posted about you at AN/I — iridescent (talk to me!) 20:57, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

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