Xref: utzoo rec.humor.d:1282 news.misc:2292 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cwjcc!hal!nic.MR.NET!shamash!nis!ems!amdahl!uunet!jtsv16!abie From: abie@jtsv16.UUCP (abie) Newsgroups: rec.humor.d,news.misc Subject: Re: KW Record Article on Joke Debate Keywords: administrivia Message-ID: <376@jtsv16.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 88 17:30:31 GMT References: <2421@looking.UUCP> Reply-To: abie@jtsv16.jts.com (abie) Organization: JTS Computer Systems Ltd., Toronto Lines: 28 Are jews an ethnic group or a religious group. Was the Scott in the joke that causing all this controversy a JEW. Or was the Jew a SCOTT. There are Italian jews and Scottish jews and Black jews. There are even Canadian jews. I know Canadian(of other religious persuasion. Notice I said religious not ethnic), find it very hard to accept this fact. Are catholics an ethnic group? Are protestants an ethnic group? Would you say that catholic Canadian is a. a canadian b. an ethnic Then why do you classify jews as an ethnic group. Does Luisa D'Amato and the editors of The Kitchener-Waterloo Record know the difference between an ethnic groups, and a religious groups. The opinion expressed here are my own -- Abie Groberg UUCP: ...!{geac|utzoo|utgpu}!syntron!jtsv16!abie JTS Computer Systems Ltd. or: jtsv16!abie@uunet.uu.net Toronto +1 416 665-8910 or: ...!suncan!jtsv16!abie