"jerryl" > wrote in message
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> "Jonathan Kamens" > wrote in message
> ...
>> http://www.snopes.com/racial/business/kosher.htm
>>
>> "Claim: Certain symbols displayed on the packaging of a
>> variety of grocery items signify that their manufacturers have
>> paid a secret tax to the Jews.
>>
>> Status: False. ..."
>>
> This big lie about kosher symbol on merchandise comes up every few months.
> No matter how you much you try to prove what they are saying is a lie,
> these bigots and anti-semites keep bringing it up. Just more proof that
> you can't educate an idiot or bigot.

It's part of a bigger problem which is a human tendency to spread any rumor
which is "Odd" (and I'll let it go at that.)

That is why debunking sites like snopes.com (and there are other devoted to
"Urban Legends") are increasingly popular.

I once subscribed to the "Skeptical Inquirer" put out by the Skeptics
Society, devoted to debunking, scientifically, things like Bermuda Trangle,
Roswell, etc. Even the editor admitted that no matter how many times a
subject is thouroughy debunked it will be back when another generation hears
the rumor.

In the anti-semite world I can predict that any article using the words USS
Liberty will be followed by an anti-Israel screed. And if it is debunked,
no matter, it will be back again in a few months.