Re: Is the dancing over?

From: Wade Smith (wade_smith@harvard.edu)
Date: Thu 07 Nov 2002 - 16:55:23 GMT

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    On Thursday, November 7, 2002, at 10:23 , Bill Spight wrote:

    > Actually, 'hindu' is at least as ethnic as 'jew'

    Okay, the whole idea of 'ethnicism' or race has mystified me. Then again, all forms of racism have always mystified me.

    > At the same time, the self definitions of Hindus and Jews are
    > largely biological

    For me, there is no justification for attaching a religious identity to a biological one. Perhaps a source of the discord with other members of the human race is just such a declaration, and just such a distinction.

    - Wade

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