Dispicable.
And here I thought I was going to have a single post about how great a job the Ontario Liberals are doing for Northern Ontario, but I was wrong. More courtesy of Vital Perspective.
New Poll Shows Naivete in Canada: 31 Percent Blame Israel for 9/11 Attacks
According to a poll by the Montreal-based Association for Canadian Studies (ACS), 38 percent of Quebecers think 9/11 was at least partly the result of Israel’s actions in the Middle East, the highest of any region of Canada. Overall, 31 percent of all Canadians hold the same opinion. When Quebec responses are deducted from the national total, about 27 percent of the rest of Canada think Israel's actions in the Middle East were a "primary cause" of 9/11.
In addition, the great majority of Quebecers, more than three-quarters – well above the Canadian average of 63 percent – believe the 9/11 attacks were also at least in part caused by U.S. foreign policy. An equal proportion of Quebecers and Canadians as a whole, about two-thirds, said a primary cause of 9/11 was a reaction of Islamic fundamentalism against the West.
"I was astonished by the results," said ACS director Jack Jedwab. "I knew there was a lot of naivete out there, but not this much."
Quebecers also think relations between Jews and Christians and between Jews and Muslims in Canada have deteriorated since the war in Lebanon. There was no change in attitudes to Muslims, who are viewed in a positive light by just over half of those polled. Sixty-nine percent of Quebecers have a positive opinion of Jews, down five percent from a similar survey taken July 11 to 16, when the war was just beginning. Jews are most highly regarded by the young, ages 18 to 24 (81 percent), and those whose annual household income is between $40,000 and $60,000 (76 percent). The groups with the least favorable opinion of Jews are between the ages of 55 and 64 (56 percent).
New Poll Shows Naivete in Canada: 31 Percent Blame Israel for 9/11 Attacks
According to a poll by the Montreal-based Association for Canadian Studies (ACS), 38 percent of Quebecers think 9/11 was at least partly the result of Israel’s actions in the Middle East, the highest of any region of Canada. Overall, 31 percent of all Canadians hold the same opinion. When Quebec responses are deducted from the national total, about 27 percent of the rest of Canada think Israel's actions in the Middle East were a "primary cause" of 9/11.
In addition, the great majority of Quebecers, more than three-quarters – well above the Canadian average of 63 percent – believe the 9/11 attacks were also at least in part caused by U.S. foreign policy. An equal proportion of Quebecers and Canadians as a whole, about two-thirds, said a primary cause of 9/11 was a reaction of Islamic fundamentalism against the West.
"I was astonished by the results," said ACS director Jack Jedwab. "I knew there was a lot of naivete out there, but not this much."
Quebecers also think relations between Jews and Christians and between Jews and Muslims in Canada have deteriorated since the war in Lebanon. There was no change in attitudes to Muslims, who are viewed in a positive light by just over half of those polled. Sixty-nine percent of Quebecers have a positive opinion of Jews, down five percent from a similar survey taken July 11 to 16, when the war was just beginning. Jews are most highly regarded by the young, ages 18 to 24 (81 percent), and those whose annual household income is between $40,000 and $60,000 (76 percent). The groups with the least favorable opinion of Jews are between the ages of 55 and 64 (56 percent).
posted by Jordan | 10:58 PM
4 Comments:
For all those people who think the US foreign policy caused 9-11...
If the question was to be 'do you think that Clinton's foreign policy caused 9-11' I doubt anyone would answer 'yes'. And yet he was the US foreign policy for the 8 years before 9-11.
It just goes to show that many people are generally ignorant or stupid. *sigh*
Jordan,
I'd bet if the question was
'do you like Jews'
the numbers would be 99% yes.
That seems to be the question that wasn't asked and somehow your mind skewed to relate to the question that was asked.
SO - Bit of a chasm on the logic there. US foreign policy wasn't invented by Clinton but nice try. I do agree with your self analysis at the end.
C'mon, U.S. foreign policy "for decades" has been to root of the problems. Actually, Clinton kept things fairly peaceful through his tenure. He had Jimmy Carter negotiate peace with North Korea and came closest to peace between Israel and Palistine - the problem there was Arafat who mislead and lied.
Why do people thing U.S. foreign policy was only from the Clinton years to present? It goes back "DECADES".
And the blame game of rather it's Israel's fault or Lebanon's fault is stupid.
There has been ugliness on both sides over time.
Three comments! And here I thought people stopped reading.
To southernontarioan:
I wish that was all. But the growing re-entrance of anti-semitism into mainstream society cannot be denied.
To fragmunt:
You can see by the posting that the number of those who hold Jews in a positive light is falling. But I must agree with the ignorance of people. It is plainly obvious that Israel's action did not cause 9/11. For one, simple logic dictates if the goal was to send a message to Israel, why not go straight to the source? It would have been closer.
To anonymous:
I think you may have missed the point I was trying to make. But you are still correct.
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