Pilman- this is a VERY SERIOUS issue, one that DEMANDS more attn. I come from Sephardic/crypto Portuguese Jews, had we enough SENSE to have WEAPONS, we may have NOT suffered, YET STILL MANY Jewish people REFUSE to WAKE UP. Christians too. And it is the TRUTH. Pilman, here NEEDS TO BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUS.
I know- here is my own personal history:
Expulsion from Portugal
Following King Joao’s death in 1494, Manuel I ascended to the throne and restored the Jews’ freedom. His legitimacy as heir to the throne was challenged, so he decided to solidify his position by marrying Princess Isabel of Spain. Isabel told Manuel that she would only marry him if he expelled the Jews. Their marriage contract was signed on November 30, 1496, and, five days later, he issued a decree forcing all Jews to leave Portugal by October 1497.
Manuel was never content with his decision, mainly because he appreciated the economic value of the Jews to the country. To make it more difficult for Jews to leave, he made Lisbon the only viable port of exit. He also tried to convert as many Jews to Christianity as he could to keep them in Portugal.
**Jews without a GUN, will wake UP one day, and have to RUN.**
People on this forum have been FORTUNATE enough to have lived without a threat, BUT, there WILL be ANOTHER Holocaust, it happens EVERY Century to Jews.
~Sometimes I wonder, on this forum, if people know what it is like to have BOTH faiths in your family, because of FORCED conversions, (FORCED b/c we were STUPID with NO weaponry!!!--) throughout our time, it CAN be VERY confusing to a person, luckily for me, I am just a person that LOVES people.. I am well read in both faiths, this I cannot help, because of the forced conversion in my family, ancestry also the Inquisition..I always feel that I am under a GUN-- I am not as candid, and OFTEN stifle in my OWN speech, because of the inward fear that I will ALWAYS have, because it is just in me, cant help it.~
WHAT WILL THE JEW DO IN THIS CENTURY, while Israel is threatened, and Anti-Semitism is on the rise, even WORSE than before, AGAINST JEWS AND CHRISTIANS!!!
YOU NEED TO GET LOCKED AND LOADED. ASAP. WAKE UP is what I say, we CANNOT be as grandfathers and ancestors, it is SUICIDE. PERIOD.