Monday, August 02, 2010

The never-ending cycle

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has blamed migrants for the outbreak of malaria in Mumbai.



In 1348 there appeared in Europe a devastating plague which is reported to have killed off ultimately twenty-five million people. By the fall of that year the rumor was current that these deaths were due to an international conspiracy of Jewry to poison Christendom. It was reported that the leaders in the Jewish metropolis of Toledo had initiated the plot and that one of the chief conspirators was a Rabbi Peyret who had his headquarters in Chambéry, Savoy, whence he dispatched his poisoners to France, Switzerland, and Italy.




3 comments:

Tangled up in blue... said...

What is past is prologue, no?

Bland Spice said...

well said.

Pankaj said...

somewhat related. please watch this video from 6.35 on - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnrohuEgc-Y&feature=related

i could relate the statement instantly to kashmir.

you might want to see the entire debate. interesting, and even fun.