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Author: Free LunchFree Lunch Date: Dec 31, 2007 17:39
On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:50:55 -0800, in alt.atheism
cactus nonespam.com> wrote in
nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>:
>Terry Cross wrote:
...
>Cool. So there's an English race, and an American race and a Catholic
>race, and a Latin race (as distinct from the Brazilian one), and a
>Russian race (as distinct from the Slavic one) etc etc etc.
>
>Any group is a race. I hope that the Kansas City, Kansas race gets
>along with the Kansas City Missouri race.
>
>I suspect that I share more genetic traits with a non-Jew of the Swedish
>race than a Jew of the Ethiopian race.
>
>Is the term totally devoid of meaning yet?
>
>In any case, when an antisemite uses it, I associate it with the nazi usage.
A sensible precaution.
>>> Antisemites such as yourself, who talk about "race" remind me of the
>>> nazis and their pseudo-scientific "Rassenwissenschaft."
>>
>> Who cares what you are "reminded of"? You have shown that when
>> somebody mentions a woman, and you are reminded of your favorite
>> pornography site. Your free associations are a symptom of your
>> problems, and no one else's.
>>
>>> I don't care if
>>> Moses or Elijah the Prophet or your Jesus of Nazareth talk race, the
>>> nazis degraded the term into one of antisemitic hatred.
>>
>> The NAZIs did not normally speak English. You watch too many movies.
>>
>
>They spoke German. They still used the term, albeit in German. Did you
>not get that?
Terry sometimes confuses his abject stupidity with wit.
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