On Apr 7, 12:44=A0pm, "adam russell" <adamruss...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Transition Zone" <mogu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Apr 6, 6:10 pm, "adam russell" <adamruss...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Flash Bazbo" <djflsd...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
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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
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> > > 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
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> > slur or a slang. Some *may* use it as a slur, but as with most words
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> > 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)
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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.
You are wrong. The media re****ted its use by the Obama camp BECAUSE
its a slur.
Answer me this: Why else re****t it ??
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