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Subject: Zionism and Glenn Reid--clarification
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Date: Thu, 23-Jun-83 03:19:26 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 23 03:19:26 1983
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I spoke hastily in my last submission.  I only meant to highlight the apparent
contradiction inherent in a "non-religious" person fighting to the death for
his religion.

I should not have drawn the conclusion that Judaism is therefore a race.
Wrong.  It is, in many senses, a culture, though.  A culture which revolves
around (or is built upon) the religion itself.  In that sense all Jews can be
said to be part of the culture whether or not they are more or less "religious".
I think I agree that the Jewish people I have known would die for their
culture, family, heritage, whatever it is--not necessarily because of their
religious beliefs, however.  It is a sense of oneness found in various groups
which have been oppressed at one time or another in history.  The black culture
of today is highly individualized and cohesive in an attempt to "unite" 
against oppression.  Their language and culture underline the differences
between them and their [white] oppressors, lest they become lost and trampled
underneath.

I hope I am better understood now.  If not, I will be able to tell from all 
the heat, and I will try again!

Cheers,

Glenn