Skip just forget it. I should have know you weren't mature enough to handle a subject like this.
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Skip Bernstein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > " why the word Jew is derogatory but Jewish is not? I hope no one > finds the very subject off limits. After all, I worship a Jew (or > should I say Jewish guy?)." > > First off I don't think anyone wants to know about your affair with > The Fishman. > > I suspect it was the Nazis who coined the ultimate insult with the > word Jew; no such niceties like go round up a few hundred thousand > persons of the Jewish faith. > > Maybe you can answer this one; how can born-again Christians accuse > Jews of killing Christ when he and all Christians were Jews for 300 > years after his death. > > > " why the word Jew is derogatory but Jewish is not? I hope no one > finds the very subject off limits. After all, I worship a Jew (or > should I say Jewish guy?)." > > First off I don't think anyone wants to know about your affair with > The Fishman. > > I suspect it was the Nazis who coined the ultimate insult with the > word Jew; no such niceties like go round up a few hundred thousand > persons of the Jewish faith. > > > --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "bluebishop82" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Maybe someone on the board can help me out with this. Serious > > question and I'm trying to learn. > > > > Why is it that to say "He is a Jew" is considered insensitive or > > insulting, but to say "He is Jewish" is OK. I must say for other > > religions it is the opposite. If someone said of me "He is a > > Catholic" I'd be OK with that because I am. If someone said of me "He > > is Catholic-ish" I might be insulted, like they are insinuating I'm > > not really one. > > > > I once heard someone on TV talk about this. It was either Robert Klein > > or Ed Koch. They wanted to start a movement to get rid of the "Jewish" > > word because he was proud to be called Jew. > > > > Any thoughts to educate me on why the word Jew is derogatory but > > Jewish is not? > > > > I hope no one finds the very subject off limits. After all, I worship > > a Jew (or should I say Jewish guy?). ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/Y2tolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
