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> >> > On Apr 7, 6:14=A0pm, Deadrat <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> >> > On Apr 7, 12:44=A0pm, "adam russell"
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> >> >> >> ... On Apr 6, 6:10 pm, "adam russell"
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> >> >> >> > > On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 08:07:58 -0700 (PDT), Transition Zone
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> >> >> >> > >>> > And what is 'wrong' with that statement?
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> >> >> >> > >>> Yeah, I have no idea what the poster was saying is bad
> >> >> >> > >>> about this statement. IsJewryslang?
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> >> >> >> > >>Jewry is a slur
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> >> >> >> > > "The Babylonian Jewry Heritage Center is both a Research
> >> >> >> > > Institute and
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> >> >> >> > > a Museum, with an impressive collection of ethnographic
> >> >> >> > > material, judaica, archival do***ents, books and
> >> >> >> > > manuscripts."
> >> >> >> > >http://www.babylonjewry.org.il/new/english/index.html
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> >> >> >> > > Brazilian Jewry - A concise history
> >> >> >> > >http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/BrazilianJewry.htm
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> >> >> >> > > Executive Council of Australian Jewry Inc.
> >> >> >> > > - the officially elected representative organisation
> >> >> >> > > of the Australian Jewish Community and speaks on its
> >> >> >> > > behalf.
> >> >> >> > >http://www.ecaj.org.au/
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> >> >> >> > > North American Conference On Ethiopian Jewry is the only
> >> >> >> > > major American organization exclusively committed to the
> >> >> >> > > welfare of Ethiopian Jews.
> >> >> >> > >http://www.nacoej.org/
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> >> >> >> > > The Avraham Harman Institute of Contem****ary Jewry, a
> >> >> >> > > division of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew
> >> >> >> > > University of Jerusalem, was founded in 1959 by Moshe Davis
> >> >> >> > >http://icj.huji.ac.il/about_us.asp
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> >> >> >> > >Are you saying all these sites, dedicated to do***enting and
> >> >> >> > >serving Jewry worldwide, are using a racial slur?
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> >> >> >> > As well, the dictionary itself defines the word Jewry and
> >> >> >> > does not call
> >> >> > it
> >> >> >> > a
> >> >> >> > slur or a slang. Some *may* use it as a slur, but as with
> >> >> >> > most words if
> >> >> > it
> >> >> >> > is not used in context as a slur then it is not a slur
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> >> >> >> The "N" word was a ligitimate word in Central Europe before
> >> >> >> slavery, for example.
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> >> >> >> Now, of course, these words are hate words.
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> >> >> >> (and i'm afraid that you're just going to have to accept that)
> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------
> >> >> >> <end quote>
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> >> >> >> That may or may not be true, and in 2000 years jewry may be
> >> >> >> considered a slur, but today it isnt.
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> >> >> > You are wrong. The media re****ted its use by the Obama camp
> >> >> > BECAUSE its a slur.
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> >> >> It wasn't used by the Obama camp; it was used by the RJC to
> >> >> complain about the Obama camp.
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> >> >> > Answer me this: Why else re****t it ??
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> >> >> Why did the media re****t that Al Gore claimed to have invented the
> >> >> internet?
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> >> > Answer: The McCain/Obama slurs Jewry, White-Greed and Tar-Baby were
> >> > re****ted by the media because
> >> > they are precisely that; SLURS.
> >> > Undisputably negative racial and Anti-Jewish references.
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> >> What does the Harman Institute of Contem****ary Jewry have to say?
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> > Versus the Group wanting the Obama backer who used of the word
> > "canned" ??
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> You're lying. =A0The RJC, which is the "Group" wanting to can the Obama
> "backer" used the word. =A0Not the Obamam "backer."
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> > The media re****ts the most relevant.
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> Can you be more gullible?
If I wanted, I suppose.
> > (which was the latter, not your group/website...etc)
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> Why not ask actual Jews what words they think are insulting. =A0Or don't
> you think they have a right to decide that for themselves?
Likewise with the media.
> >> > (spin it however you like, though)
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> >> How does the Harman Institute spin it?
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> > How'd the media re****t it ??
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> First of all, not the way you've posted. =A0
Exactly the way I posted it.
> You've got the attributions
> wrong. =A0It was a spokesman for a supposed Jewish political group who
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> the word.
The re****t said the Obama camp did.
> >> >> Do your own thinking for a change.
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> >> > Not if someone better qualified to do the thinking has done it.
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> >> An instant classic.
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> > Really ?? Seems more contem****aneous to me.
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> What do think the word "instant" means here?
Do you even know what the word means ??
> >> Is the Harman Institute better qualified?
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> > The media usually re****ts using the most qualified to start with.
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> > (gather what you will)
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> Most qualilfied what? =A0
What do you think ?
> You think "the media" is more qualified than Jews
> to decide what words are insulting to Jews? =A0
What I think is irrelevant.
> Don't you think that's a little condescending?
What I think is irrelevant.
> >> >> If you're not a troll, why are you cross-posting to misc.invest?
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> >> > Maybe someone there's interested.
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> >> Sure thing, troll.
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> > Another red herring, perhaps ??
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> Do you even know what a red herring is, troll?
I'll take that as a yes.


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