Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
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Southern Charm,
Western Passion
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 17,626
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Re: Why Jews are not ethnic Russians
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Originally Posted by Exeter
(to an American, if that makes a difference)
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It does make a difference. You have to start by explaining how state and citizenship differ from nation and ethnicity. The problem for him to understand will come when (if) you tell him that only the former applies to him.
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et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.'
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–Plato–
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