Curiousity Poll: Race.

[Mangrove]

Dok Howl - your Cornish ancestry also includes:

Tin mining
The Cornish Pasty (rhymes with 'nasty' not 'tasty)
The almost entirely obsolete Cornish language
General Celtic spaggotry
Inclusion in Arthurian mythology (Tintagel - alleged location of King Arthur's conception)
Land's End
Stone Circles & assorted monoliths
Cream & ice cream

I used to live in Devon, the adjoining county and so spent a lot of time near & in Cornwall.

[rygD]

Just curious, what race/s are yall?

I'm a 500 meter dash.

IM A MARATHON!!!

You are half marathon at best...

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Just curious, what race/s are yall?

I'm a 500 meter dash.

[the last yatto]

And Jewish is religious not racial, Spag.

[Juana]

I would argue that it's a cultural/religious identity, but not a race.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I would argue that it's a cultural/religious identity, but not a race.

It's both. Non-religious Jews are still Jews, by birth. It might not be a race, depending on how you define race.

Personally, I think it's a race, as is Mormonism.

[Telarus]

As I pointed out, it's all 3.

She is Jewish. ->

A) She practices the Jewish religion.

B) She has a Jewish Mother (this one is the cultural/heritage issue. in Judaism, if yur mom's not a jew, your not a jew. it's the 'tribes' thing).

C) She has Jewish Ancestry (DNA, facial proportions/etc).


Madonna is arguably A), def not B) or C). Someone could be all three.

I can show you a tribe of very dark skinned people from africa that match C), but not necessarily A) or B).

See how the lack of context renders "She is Jewish" meaningless?

[AFK]

I'm a 500m short track.

Ohno, see what I did there?

And there? 

[Salty]

Huh. Here I was thinking you were a drag.

[AFK]

Nah, I gave up cross-training a long time ago. 

[Cramulus]

:sodamonitor:

[JackALope2323]

Cylon.

[Nast]

If I were to be burnt to death in a fire, only the non-French Canadian part of me would perish and the rest would forever stalk the earth to annoy people.

[LMNO]

Nigel, wouldn't "heritage" mean "the social traditions in which you were raised"?

And, if you were someone who was raised in a way that did not teach the same behaviors, attitudes, and biases of the majority of your historical ancestors (through blood or through culture), would that mean that you actually don't have any heritage to speak of?

I mean, I'm sure I could trace my roots and learn the cultural traditions of my family and genetic forebearers, but I wouldn't consider those traditions part of my heritage.

[Cain]

Dok Howl - your Cornish ancestry also includes:

Tin mining
The Cornish Pasty (rhymes with 'nasty' not 'tasty)
The almost entirely obsolete Cornish language
General Celtic spaggotry
Inclusion in Arthurian mythology (Tintagel - alleged location of King Arthur's conception)
Land's End
Stone Circles & assorted monoliths
Cream & ice cream

I used to live in Devon, the adjoining county and so spent a lot of time near & in Cornwall.

Also ineffective terrorism.

Where in Devon were you?  Since I'm in Dorset, I probably know it, at least by name.