Re: Do you mean that it's a euphemism Archived Message Posted by Thomas Newfield on October 9, 2019, 11:54 am, in reply to "Do you mean that it's a euphemism " Sounds like it's you and others who are invested in the 19th century school of blood-based race, nationhood and all that bollocks. In distinction of course the purer platonic identity-theology-psychology-fart based notions of social theorists and religious fundamentalists. A clear analysis of ethnic makeup will find bases in family, clan, symbiosis-with-locality - ie: ethnogeography. Yes of course. But also in religious obserservance (or, non-observing "identity", including fundamentalist athesim) and similar stuff. Family / clan ("blood") links are normal. The point is none of these are necessary. The main background is stereotype of behaviour (to quote L. Gumilev) rooted in the subconscious - ie: you don't choose it, either as a group member or an "outsider" looking in. For example you are clearly to me anyway English, with sub-ethnicity Catholic. You may dispute this but the point is, I can't help it! http://gumilevica.kulichki.net/English/ Message Thread: US abandons their Kurdish allies to Turkey... - Ken Waldron October 7, 2019, 1:12 pm I hope that the Kurds aren't surprised....nm - Keith-264 October 7, 2019, 1:17 pm Perfidious Albion as ever - Chris Rogers October 7, 2019, 1:35 pm Loved the Bloomberg host's inane comment... - Ken Waldron October 7, 2019, 1:54 pm Re: Loved the Bloomberg host's inane comment... - Chris Rogers October 7, 2019, 2:29 pm Re: Loved the Bloomberg host's inane comment... - Mary October 7, 2019, 2:33 pm Re: Loved the Bloomberg host's inane comment... - Mary October 7, 2019, 2:42 pm "ethnic Jews" eh?....nm - Keith-264 October 7, 2019, 7:33 pm FYI - Mary October 8, 2019, 9:16 am Re: FYI - AlanG October 8, 2019, 4:33 pm I'm an ethnic pleb and my wife is too....nm - Keith-264 October 8, 2019, 8:14 pm Do you mean that it's a euphemism - Keith-264 October 8, 2019, 8:12 pm Re: Do you mean that it's a euphemism - Thomas Newfield October 9, 2019, 11:54 am Re: Do you mean that it's a euphemism - Keith-264 October 9, 2019, 9:22 pm Now now. Have a cup o' tea. - Thomas Newfield October 9, 2019, 10:13 pm You got what you wanted - Keith-264 October 10, 2019, 6:58 pm LOL! - Thomas Newfield October 10, 2019, 10:04 pm You really are DTJ and I claim my £50....nm - Keith-264 October 11, 2019, 10:52 am Trump tweets... - Sinister Burt October 7, 2019, 5:06 pm Re: Trump tweets... - Mary October 7, 2019, 6:10 pm Re: Trump tweets... - Bluefool October 8, 2019, 8:56 am Re: US abandons their Kurdish allies to Turkey... - Poster123 October 7, 2019, 7:37 pm Funny how they seem to have forgotten the oilfields.. - David Macilwain October 8, 2019, 1:38 am Re: US abandons their Kurdish allies to Turkey... - Poster123 October 8, 2019, 6:39 am UK shitting on the Kurds goes back half a century. - johnlilburne October 8, 2019, 12:42 pm Goes back a bit further than that - Subhi October 8, 2019, 8:56 pm   Searching