Re: typically new york?...XENOPHOBIA RUN RAMPANT

[George Robinson <GRComm...>]

A hard head helps, too.
But -- to make a feeble attempt to get this silly discussion back on
topic -- it's a great town for Jewish music (or nearly any other kind of
music).

George (hard head, thick skin, bad attitude) Robinson




Steve Levin wrote:
> 
> This is my first day on this list and this was the last topic of
> conversation I thought I?d find. I lived in NY for 6 years (City and Bklyn)
> and I can tell you that NY can be a tough place to live and requires a thick
> skin.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Trudi Goodman
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:54 PM
> To: World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject: Re: typically new york?...XENOPHOBIA RUN RAMPANT
> 
>  Being from Boston, I object to the stereotype that we are all a cold bunch
> of anal buttheads. The truth of the matter is that there are rude people and
> nice people everywhere. And though I enjoyed the photo I gotta say that if
> anyone wanted to say that ALL ISRAELIS are like that I'd object too. I don't
> know what Robert's experiences  were in Boston...but I've been treated
> astoundingly rudely in Manhatten and wonderfully helpfully in Brooklyn...I
> LOVE BROOOKLYN.   It just depends where you are and what your own mood might
> be. My vote for some of the rudest people that I've ever met...Midwest(Iowa)
> to be exact, but that's just the ones I met. And hey...I hear they got yidn
> there, too!!!
>     Trudi the G
> >From: "Robert Cohen"
> >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant
> >Subject: Re: typically new york?
> >Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 21:55:30
> >
> >I object--vociferously!! New Yorkers have an almost totally
> >undeserved
> >reputation for rudeness; there's often or usually a certain
> >arrogance, but
> >it's combined with an invariable helpfulness, e.g., toward
> >strangers.
> >Boston, otoh, is not only intolerably cold climatically but must be
> >the
> >rudest place on earth; *all* of my top-ten rudest encounters ever
> >with
> >people have occurred here.
> >
> >--Robert Cohen
> >
> >
> >
> >>Khaverim --
> >>
> >>I have to say that while this photo, which I thoroughly enjoyed, is
> >>undoubtedly typically Israeli, the rudeness implied (he's got God
> >>on
> >>hold while he talks to his broker, nu?) is also typically New York.
> >
> >
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