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<blockquote data-quote="Naofumi" data-source="post: 47466" data-attributes="member: 39">then had about 200,000 Jews among its population of 2 million, I didn&#039;tnotice them. 3 During my first few weeks there, my eyes and my mind wereunable to cope with the onrush of new ideas and values. Not until Igradually became accustomed to my surroundings, and the confused picturebegan to grow clearer, did I gain a more discriminating view of my newworld. It was then that I came upon the Jewish question.I won&#039;t say that the manner of my initial acquaintance with it wasparticularly unpleasant. I saw in the Jew only a man of a different religion.Therefore, on grounds of human tolerance, I opposed the idea that heshould be attacked because he had a different faith. And so I consideredthe anti-Semitic press in Vienna to be unworthy of the cultural traditionsof a great people. The memory of certain events that happened in theMiddle Ages came to mind, and I felt that they should not be repeated.4Generally speaking, these anti-Semitic newspapers did not have a goodreputation-though at the time, I didn&#039;t understand why-and so I regardedthem more as the products of jealousy and envy rather than the expressionof a sincere, though perhaps mistaken, outlook.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Naofumi, post: 47466, member: 39"] then had about 200,000 Jews among its population of 2 million, I didn't notice them. 3 During my first few weeks there, my eyes and my mind were unable to cope with the onrush of new ideas and values. Not until I gradually became accustomed to my surroundings, and the confused picture began to grow clearer, did I gain a more discriminating view of my new world. It was then that I came upon the Jewish question. I won't say that the manner of my initial acquaintance with it was particularly unpleasant. I saw in the Jew only a man of a different religion. Therefore, on grounds of human tolerance, I opposed the idea that he should be attacked because he had a different faith. And so I considered the anti-Semitic press in Vienna to be unworthy of the cultural traditions of a great people. The memory of certain events that happened in the Middle Ages came to mind, and I felt that they should not be repeated.4 Generally speaking, these anti-Semitic newspapers did not have a good reputation-though at the time, I didn't understand why-and so I regarded them more as the products of jealousy and envy rather than the expression of a sincere, though perhaps mistaken, outlook. [/QUOTE]

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