Re: Is Zionism Racism, or Is It Not?

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 01:53:42 -0700, the softrat <softrat@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 06:12:14 +0000 (UTC), SteveT
><nextbigthing1024@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>The term "Anglo-Saxon" was devised in the 8th cent to descibe people
>>who called themselves "English". But the term became redundant & it
>>fell out of use. It was re-invented in the 18th cent by English
>>colonists who no longer wished to be associated with England. I would
>>suggest that somebody who describes themselves as Anglo-Saxon today is
>>most likely to be American or Australian.
>>
>You kinda 'mix-mastered' the real situation. The term "Anglo-Saxon"
>was derived from much older writings in Latin by the English
>antiquarians of the 18 century. The ancient people called themselves
>"Ænglisc". The Anglo-Saxons of today are right where the ancient ones
>were: in England. Of course their descendants have spread out over the
>Earth.

The Anglo-Saxons were a mish-mash bunch who spoke Germanic languages &
came from Holland & Denmark. Maybe you might find some of them still
there. But when they came to England they mixed with another mish-mash
of people who spoke Celtic languages. The resultant population was
just another mish-mash to which Anglo Saxons had made the most recent
contribution. That is just one of the reasons why English history
books explain that we are a mongrel people.

In the context of the thread my point is that ethnic origins,
languages & nationalalities are very difficult to figure out.
Simplistic statements about what is or is not racist based upon such
matters are therefore, imho, not much help to anybody

Steve
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