Well, let’s see what’s meant. What is a “Russian?”
If I move to Russia, learn the Russian language, and drink vodka, does that make me a “Russian?”
Why do YOU PEOPLE keep talking about individuals!? [:P]
I denounce your peoplism.
I think what he meant by those labels was the nationalities of his ancestors, but I agree using labels such as this becomes confusing. I’ve always had trouble labeling myself when asked by others of my nationality, so I try to avoid it 
Btw, BP do you speak Russian?
All it means is either (1) someone happens to live within the territory that is commonly labeled “Russia” or (2) someone happens to be descended from people who lived within the territory that is commonly labeled “Russia”. Other than that, I attach no real significance to it.
I dunno, if someone moves to “America”, learns English, and eats apple pie, does that make them “American”?
Nope. I’m generationally removed enough to have been raised by English speaking parents. It was my great grandparents on my mother’s side who initially immigrated from Russia.
That’s ok. According to some, the free market will abolish people. We’re an endangered species.
No. You’re being very disingenous.
That’s so weird. It seems to me that a sizable amount of ‘Jewish’ people have intermarried for generations with lower life-forms of the aryan variety ? What is, genetically speaking, a ‘Jew’ ?
The problem with Byzantine’s racism, and all racism of course, is that it’s sheer nonsense.
. Edit :
Also, Jews are, you know, semites. That is, genetically, they are quite close to the Arabs who live in the Middle East…
That depends. Are your biological parents and grandparents ethnically Rus’?
That depends, at least in terms of appearance.
Mizrahi jews look a lot like the Arabs in the middle east (I often can’t recognize the difference), while Ashkenazi jews look different enough (2000 years of intermarrying with caucasians).
As for genetic composition, I have no idea what significance phenotypes have relative to whatever other genes there are :S
boinks the judeo-bolshevik conspiracy [H]
Lol, wasn’t Mises Jewish (ethnically anyway)?
Btw, what does Boink mean?
This what intellectual defeat looks like.
boinks the right-wing libberfascists FTW [8-|]
Meh, kind of an absurdly drawn out inside joke.
So, ‘genetically’ they are the same race, or almost the same race, right ?
Which means that ‘genetically’ they don’t have a lot of ‘jewish’ genes, correct ?
Still Byzantine believes in something called the jewish race, wich I suppose, includes both Mizrahi & Ashkenazi Jews ? Racist nonsense I say.
What is wrong with this? I honestly do not get it. You seem almost fanatical in your opposition to it.
-Jon
It’s irrational and counterproductive.
Well what is irrational about it? As far as I can tell, it’s about as irrational as attempting to conserve a green area. Both entail a financial cost, and both satisfy the subject in question. As I’ve mentioned before, it depends on what level you take it to - total isolation would be devastating, but trading yet living at a distance does not seem to me to involve any level of comparable destitution.
-Jon