Yes, Boris, I am aware of that. I have had several very long and very interesting conversations about that topic (and what defines "nationality") with several people.
And yes I agree, it is probably not a topic for the Pentax list. As it is, any potential kids are bound to be more about Argentina-Quebec-Poland-USA than about anything else. Not that there's anything especially good or bad about nationalities though. My feelings towards patriotism are similar to my feelings towards religion. j On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 07:41:43 +0200, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > JB> I forgot to add, we are both quite strong atheist/agnostics (*), so > JB> our potential children have equal chances of belonging to any > JB> religion, with a big slant on none. When I said "Happy Hannukah" last > JB> night, it was almost as meaningless to her as it was to me. > > Being Jewish means belonging to certain nationality, Juan. And the > fact that you children will be Jewish, as was mentioned earlier, > reflects a tradition. It has nothing to do with religion. Among Jews > (both religious and secular ones), the Jewishness is passed through > mother's line of blood. > > Though it is heavily OT, I thought I'd mention that, simply because it > would seem that pretty harmless comment is causing this discussion to > take unexpected direction. > > Boris > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Juan Buhler http://www.jbuhler.com blog at http://www.jbuhler.com/blog
