Actually you would be wrong about that. In fact, just the other day, on Jon Stewart's Daily Show, a DNA expert analyzed Jon's DNA and told him where he "came from" to such a degree that he said, "Yes, Jon, you belong in this group on this chart right here, and, yep, they were and so are you -- JEWISH."
The word "race" is getting fuzzier and fuzzier. Who is a pure "anything" these days? When they finally have a machine at the corner mall that takes a cheek swab from you, analyzes it, and then tells you what's what, WOW will there be some skeletons in closets found. "Let's see what yours says, Honey . . . oh my GAWD...you're 10% Jew, 17% Arab, 14% African, and 59% chalky caucashish. The wedding is off! You have to be pure!" Like that. So, in fact, there is such a thing as Jewish mitochondria. Thanks Richard for making me get a bit clearer about this -- I never actually had the concept "Jewish mitochondria" when I wrote the satirical piece, but now, thanks to you, I see that I can use such a phrase and be scientifically valid. Edg --- In [email protected], "Richard J. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Duveyoung wrote: > > I was tipping my hat to the fact that despite not > > knowing about mitochondria, the Jews came up with > > a system that recognizes the mother's role in > > "owning offspring." It's cool that they intuited > > it, and came up with a "rule" about it. > > > Great, but there's still no "Jewish" mitochondria. > Judaism is a social religion, not a separate race > of humans. That was my point. >
