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> > On Apr 6, 6:10=A0pm, "adam russell"
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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
> >> > <mogu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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 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
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> >> slur or a slang. =A0Some *may* use it as a slur, but as with most
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> >> if
> > =A0it
> >> 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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> Legitimate. =A0And I suspect you're just making this up. =A0If the "N"
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> is "nigger," then the word is of American-English origin and according
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> the OED dates from 1786. =A0Of course, that's the first known written
> occurrence, and the spoken word would probably have been in use prior to
> that date, but not "before slavery" (at least in the American south) and
> not in Central Europe.
You are ignorant of history and languages in Central Europe if you
think that.
> > Now, of course, these words are hate words.
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> What "words." =A0You've posted about one word starting with "N."
Anyone reading the thread knows that Jewry and the N-word are slurs.
Why else did the media re****t use of the word Jewry by Obama campaign
leader ??
> > (and i'm afraid that you're just going to have to accept that)
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> Most reasonable people accept that. =A0But this isn't about the "N"
word;
> it's about the "J" word.
Both words are slurs and their use by higher-ups is usually news FOR
that reason.
You fail to tell us why else these words usage would even be re****ted.
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