Pensioner driven out by racist thugs (From The Argus)
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Brighton woman flees home after racists spray graffiti on car
2:50pm Thursday 3rd May 2012 in News By Ben Parsons
A Jewish pensioner fled her home after racist vandals sprayed a swastika on her car.
The 64-year-old was so distressed when she discovered the graffiti outside her flat in Whitehawk, Brighton, that she ended up in hospital.
Community leaders have condemned the crime and appealed for people who know the culprit to turn them in.
The woman went to the Royal Sussex County Hospital for treatment on Tuesday after discovering the tyres on her car, which was parked outside Heron Court in Swanborough Place, had been let down and a swastika sprayed on the bodywork.
Inspector Bill Whitehead said: “It is plainly a racially motivated offence.
"We are investigating it and welcome any information that could lead to the people responsible. It is a cowardly attack against an elderly lady.”
The Argus was unable to contact the woman last night.
She is understood to have travelled to London to stay temporarily in a retirement home while looking for somewhere else to live.
Shocked community
People living and working in Whitehawk spoke of their shock at the anti-semitic crime yesterday (May 2).
Andy Silsby, a community development worker for the area, said: “It is disgusting. There have been very few issues to do with any form of hate crime in the area.
"I’d call on the community, if they know of any information, to pass it on to the authorities. We cannot tolerate this sort of thing.”
Faith Matyszak, vice-chairwoman of the Whitehawk Crime Prevention Forum, said: “Quite honestly I’m disgusted. We went through this in the 1930s.
“Whitehawk as a whole is a good place to live. We don’t need anything that is racist in any shape or form.
“We won’t accept it.”
Councillor Warren Morgan, a Labour member for the ward on Brighton and Hove City Council, said: “Thankfully incidents of racism are rare in Whitehawk and relatively low in the city as a whole.
“However, the message must go out that racism will not be tolerated, whether in personal disputes or random racially motivated crimes.”
A spokesman for Brighton and Hove City Council said it would work with the woman if she needed help.
He said: “We work with the police through the city’s partnership community safety team to support victims of hate crime.
“Our aim is to help victims get their lives back to normal wherever possible while also bringing the perpetrators to justice.
“In this instance, the neighbourhood policing team are taking the lead in supporting the victim and investigating the incident.
"Additional support will be provided by our caseworkers if that is felt to be necessary and helpful.”
Comments(49)
Spanners
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3:32pm Thu 3 May 12
fretlessbass
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3:33pm Thu 3 May 12
Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit
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3:44pm Thu 3 May 12
It's INCREDIBLY sad that after all the sacrifices Britain made between 1939 and 1945 this type of behaviour still happens.
diriky
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3:47pm Thu 3 May 12
Morpheus
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4:12pm Thu 3 May 12
diriky wrote:I'm afraid you are wrong. The Jews have been thrown out of many countries in Europe in the past and definitely by the Christians. Then don't forget Queen Mary - a Christian burning other Christians at the stake.
Unfortunatly the Jews have been persecuted for centuries , Always by idiots who are definitely not Christians !! I really hope the Miscreants are found and severely punished !!! I do know a Lady in Whytehawk who is Jewish and if theytried anything like that on her they would seriously regret it as she is one formiddable Lady who takes no nonsense!
redllewellyn
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4:20pm Thu 3 May 12
NickA18
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4:20pm Thu 3 May 12
Archie Bun
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4:21pm Thu 3 May 12
Number Six
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4:22pm Thu 3 May 12
thewhitehawker
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4:28pm Thu 3 May 12
Spanners
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4:33pm Thu 3 May 12
thewhitehawker wrote:"swashstika" ??
Who ever did this was not from whitehawk , the people around here do not know how to draw a swashstika
is the Sean Connery version
mimseycal
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4:51pm Thu 3 May 12
Archie Bun wrote:Gee ... thanks for that little gem.
Being Jewish isn't a race.
Your point?
davyboy
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4:56pm Thu 3 May 12
mimseycal
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4:56pm Thu 3 May 12
Morpheus wrote:I think the poster was referring to the notion of Christian as in Christian charity; in the theological sense of love (agape) an unlimited loving-kindness toward all others..
diriky wrote:I'm afraid you are wrong. The Jews have been thrown out of many countries in Europe in the past and definitely by the Christians. Then don't forget Queen Mary - a Christian burning other Christians at the stake.
Unfortunatly the Jews have been persecuted for centuries , Always by idiots who are definitely not Christians !! I really hope the Miscreants are found and severely punished !!! I do know a Lady in Whytehawk who is Jewish and if theytried anything like that on her they would seriously regret it as she is one formiddable Lady who takes no nonsense!
mimseycal
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4:59pm Thu 3 May 12
NickA18 wrote:Nah ... eviction would only mean that they would have a justifiable reason to hate ... well in their type of thinking.
Disgusting. But what do you expect, it's Whitehawk...
Much better second them to Rally Hall and let them find out what being Jewish actually entails.
mimseycal
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5:03pm Thu 3 May 12
Terry K wrote:Could have been any number of things. Why don't we wait and see?
Could have been left wingers trying to blame the EDL before the next March, and what with the bottles being thrown at children singing the National anthem recently by UAF thugs, nothing would surprise me, do we know the ethnicity of the attackers in this story?, perhaps it was Muslims, did that thought cross anyone's mind?.
Andy R
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5:06pm Thu 3 May 12
Terry K wrote:Oh please...give us a rest with your nonsense propaganda. No-one's fooled. In especially poor taste given what has happened.
Could have been left wingers trying to blame the EDL before the next March, and what with the bottles being thrown at children singing the National anthem recently by UAF thugs, nothing would surprise me, do we know the ethnicity of the attackers in this story?, perhaps it was Muslims, did that thought cross anyone's mind?.
What I hope is that Sussex Police now accept that they reap what they sow when they decide to "facilitate" far right "protests".
le mez
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5:08pm Thu 3 May 12
redllewellyn wrote:Bit of a tenuous link that methinks. My pal had some arsehole scrawl a short diatribe about 'freedom' on his wall recently. Maybe he should blame the Smash EDO mob as they were graffitting shop windows on the 22nd and have a protest planned for the Diamond Jubilee.
"Thankfully incidents of racism are rare in Whitehawk and relatively low in the city as a whole" apart from that mass racist march through brighton on the 22nd and the one being planned by the edl on the 2nd of june. These things are connected for sure.
JHunty
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5:45pm Thu 3 May 12
Andy R wrote:Sad old Andy still cant decide whether people have a right to protest or not. Let me see Andy R, who is trying to overthrow our democratic system and replace it with a totalitarian communist system is complaining about people he doesnt like having rights. Its pretty clear what sort of world Andy Rs communist utopia would be like, it seems no one who has an opinion that differs from his would be allowed. They would be sent off to the gulags for re-education no doubt I think our system is much better as its not up to people like Andy to decide who has rights or not. After all the guff he has written about peoples right to protest the fact he is now saying that only people he agrees with have rights shows what a hypocrite he is. For the record Andy the degree of violence levelled at the March for England marchers was completely disproportionate to any threat they posed. To throw bottles and plates at a march with children on it is disgusting and only your blinkered out look prevents you from seeing that. The fact that you work in the public sector and continually slag off your fellow public sector workers is a joke.
Terry K wrote:Oh please...give us a rest with your nonsense propaganda. No-one's fooled. In especially poor taste given what has happened.
Could have been left wingers trying to blame the EDL before the next March, and what with the bottles being thrown at children singing the National anthem recently by UAF thugs, nothing would surprise me, do we know the ethnicity of the attackers in this story?, perhaps it was Muslims, did that thought cross anyone's mind?.
What I hope is that Sussex Police now accept that they reap what they sow when they decide to "facilitate" far right "protests".
Did you read about one of your Smashedo mates getting arrested for harrasment? Are you going to be consistent this time and criticise them for harrassing workers going about their lawful business like you did when the anti abortionists were protesting or is it going to be another case of Andy R selectively choosing who has rights and who doesnt.
Remember Andy you are a member of an organisation trying to over throw our democratic system and replace it with communism as far as most people would be concerned you are as much of a threat as any right wing group.
wexler53
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6:19pm Thu 3 May 12
diriky
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6:34pm Thu 3 May 12
Morpheus wrote:Morpheus anyone claiming to Be Christian that does something like this is NO Christian I do know my history like Jews being blamed for baby killings as a sacrifice it has gone on for centuries even in this country! something I find abhorrent!
diriky wrote:I'm afraid you are wrong. The Jews have been thrown out of many countries in Europe in the past and definitely by the Christians. Then don't forget Queen Mary - a Christian burning other Christians at the stake.
Unfortunatly the Jews have been persecuted for centuries , Always by idiots who are definitely not Christians !! I really hope the Miscreants are found and severely punished !!! I do know a Lady in Whytehawk who is Jewish and if theytried anything like that on her they would seriously regret it as she is one formiddable Lady who takes no nonsense!
longman
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7:12pm Thu 3 May 12
mimseycal
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7:19pm Thu 3 May 12
Terry K
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7:52pm Thu 3 May 12
mimseycal
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8:10pm Thu 3 May 12
Terry K wrote:Sheesh Terry K ... no idea. I give up.
Winston Churchill once said, "the facists of the future will be the anti-facists" how wise that man was, wonder what he would think of marxists throwing bottles of urine at innocent children?.
Do I get to ask a question now?
What is a common term for monomania?
gaz scott
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9:41pm Thu 3 May 12
JHunty wrote:You really do talk a load of nonsense.
Andy R wrote:Sad old Andy still cant decide whether people have a right to protest or not. Let me see Andy R, who is trying to overthrow our democratic system and replace it with a totalitarian communist system is complaining about people he doesnt like having rights. Its pretty clear what sort of world Andy Rs communist utopia would be like, it seems no one who has an opinion that differs from his would be allowed. They would be sent off to the gulags for re-education no doubt I think our system is much better as its not up to people like Andy to decide who has rights or not. After all the guff he has written about peoples right to protest the fact he is now saying that only people he agrees with have rights shows what a hypocrite he is. For the record Andy the degree of violence levelled at the March for England marchers was completely disproportionate to any threat they posed. To throw bottles and plates at a march with children on it is disgusting and only your blinkered out look prevents you from seeing that. The fact that you work in the public sector and continually slag off your fellow public sector workers is a joke.
Terry K wrote:Oh please...give us a rest with your nonsense propaganda. No-one's fooled. In especially poor taste given what has happened.
Could have been left wingers trying to blame the EDL before the next March, and what with the bottles being thrown at children singing the National anthem recently by UAF thugs, nothing would surprise me, do we know the ethnicity of the attackers in this story?, perhaps it was Muslims, did that thought cross anyone's mind?.
What I hope is that Sussex Police now accept that they reap what they sow when they decide to "facilitate" far right "protests".
Did you read about one of your Smashedo mates getting arrested for harrasment? Are you going to be consistent this time and criticise them for harrassing workers going about their lawful business like you did when the anti abortionists were protesting or is it going to be another case of Andy R selectively choosing who has rights and who doesnt.
Remember Andy you are a member of an organisation trying to over throw our democratic system and replace it with communism as far as most people would be concerned you are as much of a threat as any right wing group.
"Did you read about one of your Smashedo mates getting arrested for harrasment? "
Being arrested for something does not make one guilty in case you didn't know. Let's await the outcome of the trial shall we.
It's funny that you call me obsessive but yourself bring up the subject of SmashEDO on any thread you can. This is a disgusting racist episode and all you can do is use it as another opportunity to slag off Andy R and SmashEDO.
And since you mention the EDL march I'm still waiting for you to acknowledge your lie (one of quite a few now) about me blaming the police for violence on that march.
gaz scott
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10:00pm Thu 3 May 12
Terry K wrote:Quite a few of the racist thugs in the EDL can't work out if they hate Jews at least as much as Muslims so I know exactly where I'd start looking if I wanted to start flinging accusations around. Just look at a few of their web pages and you'll get the picture.
Could have been left wingers trying to blame the EDL before the next March, and what with the bottles being thrown at children singing the National anthem recently by UAF thugs, nothing would surprise me, do we know the ethnicity of the attackers in this story?, perhaps it was Muslims, did that thought cross anyone's mind?.
We need to stamp out ALL racism and intolerance in Brighton. That includes making wild guesses about the ethnicity of the perpetrators of this disgusting act based on no evidence at all.
Terry K
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10:09pm Thu 3 May 12
middle street resident
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10:10pm Thu 3 May 12
Terry K wrote:Churchill didn't say this.
Winston Churchill once said, "the facists of the future will be the anti-facists" how wise that man was, wonder what he would think of marxists throwing bottles of urine at innocent children?.
Maxwell's Ghost
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11:00pm Thu 3 May 12
Churchill's mother, an American who had a tattoo on her arm, was quite a piece of hot skirt in her time, known to have slept with King Edward VII and many foreign leaders with the knowledge of her husband. It is estimated that she may have had more than 100 lovers?
Churchill himself was conceived out of wedlock and his father died of syphillis and if you read the tawdry tale of some of his kids you would be horrified, alcoholism, a daughter who spent time in Holloway and another daughter who killed herself.
If this family hadn't been so wealthy with connections, Churchill would probably have been an ordinary bloke from a rough family living on a rough estate.
He was just posh Whitehawk really.
Get reading Terry K.
gaz scott
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11:06pm Thu 3 May 12
Terry K wrote:I'm sorry but you were the one pointing the finger.
Gazz wrote: "We need to stamp out ALL racism and intolerance in Brighton. That includes making wild guesses about the ethnicity of the perpetrators of this disgusting act based on no evidence at all.", so it's ok for you and your ilk to straight away blame EDL or right wingers without YOU knowing the facts, all i said earlier is that it MAY have been Palaestian sympathetic muslim activists behind the lady's attack, you know, no more than i at this stage, so don't blame whitey before you know your facts, there has been an history of Jewish attacks in London by Muslims, search google if you don't believe me, the point is people should not point the finger until more is known, simple.com.
I said IF I wanted to "start flinging accusations around" anyone. But I don't and I'm not blaming anyone white, black or blue until I don't know the facts. You were the one who was making suggestions as to who it might be.
But anyone can see for themselves that the level of homophobic, anti-Semitic, Black, Asian and Muslim hate on various EDL and Nationalist sites is appalling, worrying and disgusting.
gaz scott
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11:09pm Thu 3 May 12
Terry K wrote:I'll try that again bad editing!
Gazz wrote: "We need to stamp out ALL racism and intolerance in Brighton. That includes making wild guesses about the ethnicity of the perpetrators of this disgusting act based on no evidence at all.", so it's ok for you and your ilk to straight away blame EDL or right wingers without YOU knowing the facts, all i said earlier is that it MAY have been Palaestian sympathetic muslim activists behind the lady's attack, you know, no more than i at this stage, so don't blame whitey before you know your facts, there has been an history of Jewish attacks in London by Muslims, search google if you don't believe me, the point is people should not point the finger until more is known, simple.com.
I'm sorry but you were the one pointing the finger.
I said IF I wanted to "start flinging accusations around". But I don't and I'm not blaming anyone white, black or blue until I know the facts. You were the one who was making suggestions as to who it might be.
But anyone can see for themselves that the level of homophobic, anti-Semitic, Black, Asian and Muslim hate on various EDL and Nationalist sites is appalling, worrying and disgusting.
Andy R
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12:57am Fri 4 May 12
JHunty wrote:When the far right need defending you're always there aren't you? Complete with all the lies about who threw what. I can't work out whether you were there and are consciously making this rubbish up or whether you've just fallen for some guff you've read on the Casuals' Facebook page. Not that I'm terribly bothered either way.
Andy R wrote:Sad old Andy still cant decide whether people have a right to protest or not. Let me see Andy R, who is trying to overthrow our democratic system and replace it with a totalitarian communist system is complaining about people he doesnt like having rights. Its pretty clear what sort of world Andy Rs communist utopia would be like, it seems no one who has an opinion that differs from his would be allowed. They would be sent off to the gulags for re-education no doubt I think our system is much better as its not up to people like Andy to decide who has rights or not. After all the guff he has written about peoples right to protest the fact he is now saying that only people he agrees with have rights shows what a hypocrite he is. For the record Andy the degree of violence levelled at the March for England marchers was completely disproportionate to any threat they posed. To throw bottles and plates at a march with children on it is disgusting and only your blinkered out look prevents you from seeing that. The fact that you work in the public sector and continually slag off your fellow public sector workers is a joke. Did you read about one of your Smashedo mates getting arrested for harrasment? Are you going to be consistent this time and criticise them for harrassing workers going about their lawful business like you did when the anti abortionists were protesting or is it going to be another case of Andy R selectively choosing who has rights and who doesnt. Remember Andy you are a member of an organisation trying to over throw our democratic system and replace it with communism as far as most people would be concerned you are as much of a threat as any right wing group.Terry K wrote: Could have been left wingers trying to blame the EDL before the next March, and what with the bottles being thrown at children singing the National anthem recently by UAF thugs, nothing would surprise me, do we know the ethnicity of the attackers in this story?, perhaps it was Muslims, did that thought cross anyone's mind?.Oh please...give us a rest with your nonsense propaganda. No-one's fooled. In especially poor taste given what has happened. What I hope is that Sussex Police now accept that they reap what they sow when they decide to "facilitate" far right "protests".
Terry K
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1:01am Fri 4 May 12
I see that the english hating Marxists that infest Brighton and district are alive and well on this discussion, What churchill book was that Maxwell, who is the author? is he a fellow white english guilt ridden middle class leftie like you? or a minority person trying to blacken the name of out greatest leader?.
Robbadob
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2:13am Fri 4 May 12
Since MfE there has been much promising of revenge for a march that was slightly diverted and thrown objects resulted in three slight injuries that were not reported to the police.
A man was beaten up in Lewisham for the horrendous crime of selling a lefty paper not many people read. He was told it was revenge for Brighton and accused of beating up women and children.
There is no mention of the ethnicity of the attackers but the swastika is a favourite of white racists, not any other kind.
Maxwell's Ghost
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7:15am Fri 4 May 12
Why did a national hero lose the public confidence so badly?
If you go to a library or buy a book online, some of them written by Churchill's own family members, you may find out about this and all the other interesting facts I mention.
Terry K, reading and keeping an open mind will make you free and perhaps cheer you up a bit. You are a very angry person.
What happened to you?
Archie Bun
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8:08am Fri 4 May 12
mimseycal wrote:My point is how can it be a racist crime if race wasn't involved?
Archie Bun wrote: Being Jewish isn't a race.Gee ... thanks for that little gem. Your point?
mimseycal
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8:51am Fri 4 May 12
Archie Bun wrote:I see. Just as I thought really ... just another small minded pedantic twerp.
mimseycal wrote:My point is how can it be a racist crime if race wasn't involved?
Archie Bun wrote: Being Jewish isn't a race.Gee ... thanks for that little gem. Your point?
Race is a term that can be used in many different ways. It has a variety of applications therefore. If you are talking in pure biological terms then yes, there is no Jewish Race ... except of course that there are genetic markers that hold true for Jewish bloodline descendants. So maybe even there it doesn't hold quite true.
Alternatively if, as is most often the case and certainly when we are using everyday language, and not talking in pure scientific terms at an academic level (which I doubt was the intention of the writer of this article given the target audience) then the term 'race' will most likely be used in the sociological sense ... Or in other words, refer to ethnicity.
In the ethnic sense there is most assuredly a Jewish race.
gaz scott
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10:16am Fri 4 May 12
Robbadob wrote:It's terrible that they beat up this poor man. The far right web pages (including the Brighton Infidels) are full of threats of revenge attacks on the left in Brighton and the South. Their definition of the left seems very open to interpretation so it is not just of concern to anyone who might be politically active or obviously on the left.
Terry K- all the post did was point out that Churchill was human, perhaps you should apply to the pope to get him sainted. Someone having a different point of view does not automatically make them a Marxist. What evidence do you have that he hates England.
Since MfE there has been much promising of revenge for a march that was slightly diverted and thrown objects resulted in three slight injuries that were not reported to the police.
A man was beaten up in Lewisham for the horrendous crime of selling a lefty paper not many people read. He was told it was revenge for Brighton and accused of beating up women and children.
There is no mention of the ethnicity of the attackers but the swastika is a favourite of white racists, not any other kind.
I hope the police are monitoring all these threats some of which have appeared on these very pages. These really are not nice people as xenophobia, violence and hate is at the core of their agenda easily glimpsed on its surface.
Although JHunty seems to like them for some reason.
Terry K
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10:28am Fri 4 May 12
mimseycal
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11:04am Fri 4 May 12
plantwoman
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11:13am Fri 4 May 12
mimseycal wrote:I love that word 'twerp' - it's not used often enough in my view!
Archie Bun wrote:I see. Just as I thought really ... just another small minded pedantic twerp.
mimseycal wrote:My point is how can it be a racist crime if race wasn't involved?
Archie Bun wrote: Being Jewish isn't a race.Gee ... thanks for that little gem. Your point?
Race is a term that can be used in many different ways. It has a variety of applications therefore. If you are talking in pure biological terms then yes, there is no Jewish Race ... except of course that there are genetic markers that hold true for Jewish bloodline descendants. So maybe even there it doesn't hold quite true.
Alternatively if, as is most often the case and certainly when we are using everyday language, and not talking in pure scientific terms at an academic level (which I doubt was the intention of the writer of this article given the target audience) then the term 'race' will most likely be used in the sociological sense ... Or in other words, refer to ethnicity.
In the ethnic sense there is most assuredly a Jewish race.
Archie Bun
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12:38pm Fri 4 May 12
mimseycal wrote:If that is the case then why did you feel the need to insult me when i correctly pointed out a regligion is not a race? I suggest you are the one who has ended up looking like a 'twerp'.
Extremism, regardless of the source, is indeed something to be feared and guarded against. But so are knee jerk reactions and emotive responses of any kind.
mimseycal
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12:53pm Fri 4 May 12
Judaism is indeed a religion; not just a religion BTW but a way of life. Oh and it is a people that is referred to by the term Jews and their attributes are referred to as Jewish.
As for insulting anyone ... if my admitting that I thought the post announcing that being Jewish isn't a race was written by a small minded pedantic twerp ... well, I don't mind people calling me a pedantic bint in the light of this post. It would be nothing short of the truth after all ;)
mimseycal
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12:59pm Fri 4 May 12
willy harris
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diriky
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lustrell
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3:15pm Thu 3 May 12