As we also wrote immediately under your comment we would appreciate Jido if you would write your full name; now it seems a bit cowardly. We take antisemitism and racism very seriously. But your comment seems to make jokes with both antisemitism and Hungarians in general, such as your comments about the apparently certain features of Jewish people as well as that “Hungarians are usually dark and stocky” and that they have an “awful” language. We doubt your story is true. We printed it as we do not believe in censorship.

Stefan J. Bos in Budapest

They moved to the US and denounced Hungary. We never learned Hungarian because they refused to teach us the awful language. I think my older sister picked it up because they spoke it to each other, but they later talked only in English.

My aunt from Israel went back to Hungary once and the people who stole it from her murdered owners wouldn’t let her in. They thought she wanted the house back. My mother also said that the Hungarian language changed after WWII and now has more harsh Slovak words which weren’t part of the language when she lived there.

None of us children looked “Jewish” and people said I was mistaken because I had a small nose and didn’t look Jewish so I wasn’t a Jew.

I met a Hungarian man at a bar. He started making fun of Jews so I told him to shut up because he was being annoying. He said he was kidding and I told him he wasn’t funny. He had dark hair and small dark eyes and a big nose. He was drunk, which according to my mother was a tradition among Goy Hungarians.

My mother isn’t surprised by any anti-semite in Hungary. Anti-semitism is embedded in their genes. Hungarians are usually dark and stocky. Also, my mother said Hungarians are the most suicide-prone people in the world because the culture and music glamorizes suicide.

NOTE FROM EDITORS: We would appreciate Jido if you would write your full name; now it seems a bit cowardly. We take antisemitism very seriously, but your comment seems however to make jokes with both antisemitism and Hungarians in general. We doubt your story is true. Stefan J. Bos in Budapest

You may be a lawyer but you’re no economist. Admit it: Money doesn’t have race, color or religion. If you are chasing the multinational companies and capital out of YOUR country, how do you plan on building wealth for your fellow citizens? How do you think the country created so many millionaires in the last 10 years if it wasn’t for the foreign capital that flowed in and built hundreds of new hotels, malls and all types of infrastructure. Don’t pretend to be Hitler because your fear tactics will not survive in this century. Be courageous and go back to the bench. Give up your political career and let the people of Hungary build their future on honest, responsible and moral principals.

Sincerely

Laszlo Kovach

Interesting comment, however I didn’t see her with a broom, so I couldn’t report that. Perhaps that’s what makes it dangerous, some people would argue. Critics claim that behind her smile, there’s lot’s of hatred towards people considered to be ‘non-Hungarians’, whatever that means in this era of globalization.

Best regards,

Stefan J. Bos

I am convinced that Zoltan was voicing his disapproval of your description about Morvai. You suggested she is a beautiful blond. I think she is a witch with blond hair and she is missing a broom between her legs. Primitive people who gather attention with their hatred will attract other insecure, timid crowds.

If the Jobbik chases all the foreign capital and intelligentsia away, who will be left to blame their misery on? Pityful!

L. Kovach

I don’t know what is bias in the report. We have not been presenting one side of the issue. As a matter of fact, Morvai has been able to react and give her opinion, of which I have a recording. I believe it’s the task of any reporter to follow key developments in society. Just for the record: I don’t recall offering my services “many times” to the Hungarian service of Voice of America. As a matter of fact I am working for the English language, worldwide, service of VOA, and my sound has been used by different language services as well, including the Hungarian service. I am not sure why VOA is not using your services as (Hungarian language) editor at the moment; your surprising statement about what is clearly news, may explain it.

Stefan J. Bos on the ground in Budapest, Hungary