[Mr. Blonde]

Originally Posted by thekremlin

Quoted from Mr Blonde:

Maybe not entirely, but i'm starting a trend: Rant of the Day

If he doesn't believe in the Jewish religion, he's not Jewish. He's of Jewish ancestry.

Putting this here because I didn't want to ruin the restaurant thread.

Hey Blonde, you want to make comments about how Jewish I am or am not, why don't you ask me?

What is this? High school? "Why don't you say that to my FACE ON THE INTERNET, cocksucker?"

What people or religion I affiliate myself with is really none of your business. Not everyone puts it in big neon letters like your "I'm an Athiest, everybody" thing.

Firstly, you can copy quotes from other threads.

Secondly, get your panties out of a tiff. People on this site have been throwing Jew jokes at and around you for weeks (and much long before that) and you decide to take your anger out on the one person who brings a legitimate classification issue to light?

The main reason I made that other post in restaurant thread is because you clearly didn't address my original issue quoted above. I'm sorry I didn't put your name in it, but seeing as I'm pretty sure you're the only "Jewish" guy on the board, I figured it was a no brainer I was directing that post at you.

Thirdly, it's the whole board's business now because you flat-out said it in a post, maybe not in big neon letters, but at the very least on a big cheap posterboard (also you spelled 'atheist' wrong):

Originally Posted by thekremlin

Oh boy. This is awkward. I actually AM jewish.

To which, ironically, DJ FC, your IRL friend, flatmate, and roommate, responded:

Originally Posted by DJ FC

You're not Jewish - just a Jew.

...somehow without earning the attempted lashing you just issued me. Funny how that works.

If people say they're Jewish because they want to be part of that community, that BOTHERS you? And I think dating a jewish girl is silly, but just because some JAP doesn't want to date you, that's borderline racist?

Yes, it's a religion and a race, and different people take the two aspects with more or less seriousness. That's a pretty obvious point, I just think it's a really dumb thing to be upset about.

Yes, it bothers me, because I don't like the double standard. If you don't believe in a religion, on ideological terms (as no rational, adult thinker should), you shouldn't lend the institution legitimacy by clinging to the "community" of the church. I have the same problem with "Christians" who don't live a Christian life but still do the church thing for a sense of "belonging", except that with them they somehow have convinced themselves that there is a god and that most of the Bible is true.

What's annoying about most of the Jews I know is that they're smart enough to know religion is bullshit but, as I said, still list it under their religious views and identify themselves as a Jew. My initial post was simply stating there should be a more accepted label for for these kinds of people. "Non-religious-Jew" or something.

Originally Posted by Dictionary.com

dis·crim·i·na·tion   
[dih-skrim-uh-ney-shuhn] Show IPA
–noun
1.
an act or instance of discriminating.
2.
treatment or consideration of, or making a distinction in favor of or against, a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs rather than on individual merit: racial and religious intolerance and discrimination.
3.
the power of making fine distinctions; discriminating judgment: She chose the colors with great discrimination.

Sounds a lot like borderline racism to me, actually. Maybe i'm just an idealist hoping and wishing for a non-racist society so I can be free to seduce and bang hotties of all races, classes and creeds, but when exclusion of all other men except, as in this case, Jewish ones becomes an almost culture-wide movement rather than personal preference, yeah it bothers me a bit. Especially since there are some damn hot Jewish chicks out there.

Lastly, I never said it wasn't an obvious point. I was just pointing out how it annoyed me. Please refer to the subforum and thread title if you have any further problems with my sense of expression.