[Noumenon]

Another Jew bereft of any sense of history or self-preservation.

[muawiyah]

Actually, the attitude is a tradition dating back to the middle ages when some Jews were more likely to survive public disturbances if the local duke, dictator, king or whathaveyou protected them.

Consequently rather than approaching public problems from the standpoint of discovering what might be workable and useful solutions, they watch what the big dogs are saying and run with them.

It's a real waste of first class minds to get caught up into that sort of thing, but there it is.