On Mar 6, 6:52 am, "Israel Silverman"
wrote:

Also, I doubt if another race were stuck in there, it would have been as
acceptable.

Why is it that Jews are considered a /race/ by
those who complain of anti-semitism? Have the
Jews not traveled extensively, spreading out
among other cultures and intermarrying? Does
it make sense to consider such peoples as
though they were a pure "race", like say the
Aussie aborigines?

I tend to think of Jews as "those who believe
in and practice Judaism"; in other words, the
fact that they may be of mixed decent is quite
irrelevant. Perhaps this discrepancy explains
why there is so much confusion surrounding
chess players, like say, Bobby Fischer. The
people who are fixated on race will proclaim
him to be a Jew, while I see such claims as
very questionable attempts to snatch the
credit for what was achieved by a man who,
immediately after winning the world title,
joined the Worldwide Church of God -- which
is certainly not a Jewish sect of any sort.

As for the claims that "joo" can mean "you",
I would like someone to explain why anyone
would choose the letter "j" when the sound
for "y" is intended. I can see "joo" for "zoo",
because the sound matches, but it simply
doesn't fit to use a "j" where "yue" is the
intended sound. Are teenagers *that* dumb?


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