Let me set the context for you since I am guessing you are having a hard time seeing what that is or was. I should probably use emoticons more frequently because my sense of humor seems lost on some people. It was a dry, humorous response to Unc.'s post on what triggers flaming.
On Jul 11, 2005, at 10:22 AM, authfriend wrote: > --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Jul 11, 2005, at 9:35 AM, authfriend wrote: >> >>> --- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> <snip> >>>> after an Ashkenazi overclocker goes on a verbal >>>> precision rant >>> >>> Interesting phrase. Would that be Ashkenazi >>> as in Jewish? >>> >>> Is that what you think triggers the flaming >>> after the rant, the assumption that the ranter >>> is Jewish? >> >> No, of course not, it's genetic, not religious. > > Anti-Semitism is often based on ethnicity > and the purported genetic characteristics > thereof, as opposed to religious belief. > >> Since the Ashkenazi >> overclocking gene tends to create people with high verbal >> comprehension and high verbal IQ it's not unusual to witness >> arguments over linguistic and verbal minutiae even if the original >> speaker/writer never intended that level of precision. > > Are you assuming that posters here with high > verbal comprehension and high verbal IQ are > Ashkenazi because of those traits, or do you > base your assumption on other things as well? > >> As far as I >> know it is not caused by your religious preference. > > That was the generic "you," right? > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!' > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
