Lunacy

I've been pondering something for quite a while now. It's not anything particularly tricky or impressive, just a small problem for my small mind to grapple with this lonely weekend.
The pondering has been related to this question;
Christians and Jews have a very similar religion. They believe in the same god, however the Christians believe that the messiah has come, whilst the Jews do not. The Jews follow the old testament, and the Christians follow both the old and the new. Both groups have similar views and beliefs. I am not suggesting that they are the same, merely that they are similar.
However, despite these similarities, it seems that there is one fundamental difference. Christians seem to have a great number of... well... nuts amongst them, where as the number of complete and utter psychos in the Jewish population seems to me to be, well, less. I know, I know, they are bombing the shit out of innocents in Gaza, but aside from that, the general Jew population seems rather pleasant. The Jews that I've met respect the religions of others, they respect the political beliefs of others, and they make really nice cakes. However, the Christians that I've met/conversed with seem to be an insane lot (*note, this does not apply to all Christians. I know some of them who are excellent people that should inspire us all). They hound people of other religions, even people who are Christian also, but of a different denomination. They harass others constantly, they try to infiltrate the government so as to take away the freedoms of others, freedoms that they consider 'un-biblical'. They interpret their book selectively, so that the blame rests better on the shoulders of others. They then cry persecution if people don't do exactly what they say.
The Jews don't seem to do any of this on a regular basis. They are so similar, yet they differ in this. Why? I believe that I may have the answer.

The holocaust.

Jews don't persecute frequently, because they know what it is like to be persecuted. This isn't Christian delusions of persecution, but the real thing, and it wasn't very long ago.
Christians have been persecuted, yes, but not en masse for a while. The Colosseum of Rome has faded even beyond memory, it has become a story. The holocaust is fresh in the mind of the Jews. Christians can persecute, and cry false persecution because they do not know true persecution, and therefore can persecute without true understanding. The Jews don't cry persecution, because they remember persecution, and they know it from simple disagreement.

Just my two cents. I had nothing to do.