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Silver is from OE siolfor/seolfor , Proto-Germanic * silubhra , and may not be an Indo-European word at all, but one borrowed from the Semitic language Akkadian (the language of Babylon): sarpu refined metal.
Even such a staunch supporter as William F. Buckley Jr. squirmed in embarrassment as he defended his hero Nixon, calling him "paranoid" and dismissing his anti-Semitism as "all foam, no teeth," pointing out that Jews like Henry Kissinger, William Safire, and Herb Stein continued to support him although it was "unlikely" that they were "unaware" of his anti-Semitic tendencies.
I will assume for argument's sake that the author is not blatantly anti-Semitic, but is only trying to outline the theories put forward over the centuries which account for the survival of the Jewish people in the face of hundreds of years of persecution.
(Many of the letters sent to Miramax chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein were homicidally anti-Semitic.)
Like a lot of good comics, he wanted to be "outrageous"--but he didn't necessarily want to outrage . He was truly shocked when homicidally anti-Semitic letters poured into the offices of Harvey and Bob Weinstein of Miramax.
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