Originally Posted by snowblind
wow, ok well in fear of another reactionary angering of the wrong people, which is strange because you can't really anger the right people, but then again you have to love idiosyncrasities.
right firstly this was an off the cuff, through away comment i made about jews. but as this is a message board the idea of a throw away comment becomes something of an oxymoron.
anyway, i forget about the times we live in and the sensitivity towards anything that may be seen as insighting racial hatred or bigotary.
i should explain that experience was a stint which happend for about 3 weeks with one lad at our school who had no forskin because it had to be removed for medical reasons. the lad like most 14 year olds had given it out and could also take it so it became some what of an on going joke, where he once even made a kippa.
i am not in anyway taking the piss out of the jewish faith or its rich heritage, merely the nickname of jew was the shortest way to call someone for having no foreskin, as im sure most of you are aware that the jewish faith circumsises there boys as they pass into manhood.
in now way was i insinuating that all british people call cut people jews or that in anyway calling someone jewish should be a derogatory term.
it was simply a light hearted reference. however it has become apparent that it was not recieved in this way and was met with reactionary and threating retaliation, as im sure it was seen as being threatening and blaspheous to people of faith.
for that i am sorry and did not mean to get peoples backs up and cause them to both react and threaten, due to thier jewish heritage or provocational nature.
peace and happy toking
snow