ruveyn wrote:
WilliamWDelaney wrote:
I'm starting to think that Semitic people in general have something funny about them. They seem to have normal intelligence, normal moral integrity, average work ethic, but for some dang reason those people seem to be prone to obscene theatrics that make them look ridiculous in the eyes of their fellow man.
The Semites and the Asians are the smartest humans on the planet.
ruveyn
Culture, culture, culture.
Jewish families often (though there are so many different types of Judaism that this kind of stereotyping is really asinine, but it does help to illustrate a general truth of a more abstract nature to exploit the damn stereotype anyway) place a great deal of pressure on their youth to live up to certain expectations, and rites of passage such as the
Bar Mitzvah are tied in with it. Also, it is common in certain Asian cultures (which is a confusing label because Kazakh, Azeri and Sarchop are also Asian, and there are a lot of Asian cultures where the literacy rates are embarrassing by the standards of a cave man. Therefore, just to be clear, I am referring to the stereotypical "successful yet insanely anal-retentive Asian guy who keeps checking his wrist-watch and seems to have a few peculiar tics suggesting possible OCD") for parents to similarly drive their offspring, often with cuffs and blows, to do well and "make the family proud."
Besides, I was just trying to annoy people who cry "racism" for extremely stupid reasons. They annoy me. I should also admit that I have been getting lax in taking my fish oil lately, which I use to keep my moods stable and prevent rage attacks associated with my Tourettes (they come with full-blown "exorcist syndrome" with the deep falsetto voice and all that). In fact, I might owe a few apologies...
...which I'll get to after I've had a good night's sleep because earlier today I had to cut up a bunch of large tree limbs with a rusty, flimsy hand-saw after failing to realize that you can't run a gas-powered chain saw on simple oil and gas and that, if you attempt to do so, you then have to take the thing in for expensive repairs. That was only AFTER failing to get an OS installed on an antique machine I was going to try to sell for about ten bucks or some miniscule sum, therefore taking away time I could have devoted to working on a more profitable project I had set aside for it. Meehhhhhhhhhhh.
Oh yeah, and to reiterate my views on this whole mess, it might be a good idea in theory for Israel to move back to their old borders, but it is a political impossibility just like effing tort reform is an effing political impossibility. Anyone with half a brain realizes it would be wonderful, but trying to make it work in practice would be a royally stupid waste of time.
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