From wikipedia: "It is of interest that William Shakespeare in all probability had never actually met a Jew in his lifetime."From Naked Politics: "The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee just unanimously approved
a bill to strike the word "shylock" and "shylocking" from Florida
statutes, where it's used synonymously and repetitiously with the term
"loan shark." ...The word is named after the [Jewish] villain in Shakespeare's Merchant of
Venice, who demands a "pound of flesh" in satisfaction&n
