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02-03-2005, 04:09 AM
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Is the term \"Jew\" offensive to Jewish people?
I'm thinking it only is if said/meant with contempt, but I can't really be sure. The "niggardly" thread made me think of this.
Also, I was at a company outing for my wife's work and was talking to one of her bosses,(liquor was in abundance, btw), and had mentioned winning a karaoke contest singing "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" by Leo Sayer, but I dressed like The Saturday Night Fever Bee Gee's(everyone thinks that's who it is anyways..), down to the chestal merkin and all. Anyways, I said I couldn't really dress up like Sayer as most wouldn't know what he looked like, and that a proper "jewfro" wig would be hard to come by. Now, I was relatively sure her boss wasn't jewish, nor the black man also listening in, and they thought it was pretty funny, yet my wife was horrified. I didn't say it with contempt or anything like it, and they didn't have a problem with it anyways, but I had always wondered if a jewish person WAS there, am I in the wrong? Also, is "jewfro" bad? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] P.S. For the poll, I couldn't find a single translation dictionary for hebrew/english online. When I was looking for a Klingon to English dictionary, I found about 20 of them online.. (ok, time for Daliman to get in trouble...) I guess that means even though the Jews control The business world and Hollywood, THey got nothing on the Klingons when it comes to the internet.... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] 
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02-03-2005, 04:11 AM
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Re: Is the term \"Jew\" offensive to Jewish people?
If "Curb Your Enthusiasm" has taught me anything, its ok to say jew.
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02-03-2005, 04:19 AM
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Re: Is the term \"Jew\" offensive to Jewish people?
I think you're okay here. I'm Jewish and have no problem with "Jewfro." I can even grow one.
I think that any minority doesn't really like it when people refer to them differently than others (i.e. "I was hanging out with two Jews and a black guy" vs. "I was hanging out with three dudes") but I believe "Jewish person" is more socially acceptable than "Jew." I personally wouldn't be offended if you said "Jew", unless it was in a situation where someone was cheap, and you referred to them as "such a Jew." -Jman28
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02-03-2005, 04:33 AM
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Re: Is the term \"Jew\" offensive to Jewish people?
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I think you're okay here. I'm Jewish and have no problem with "Jewfro." I can even grow one. I think that any minority doesn't really like it when people refer to them differently than others (i.e. "I was hanging out with two Jews and a black guy" vs. "I was hanging out with three dudes") but I believe "Jewish person" is more socially acceptable than "Jew." I personally wouldn't be offended if you said "Jew", unless it was in a situation where someone was cheap, and you referred to them as "such a Jew." -Jman28 [/ QUOTE ] Ya, that's obvious. I do say that kinda thing at times, but only to good friends who are Jewish as a joke. Gotta pick yer spots.
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02-03-2005, 04:39 AM
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Re: Is the term \"Jew\" offensive to Jewish people?
"Jewfro" is not offensive, karaoke is.
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02-03-2005, 04:47 AM
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Re: Is the term \"Jew\" offensive to Jewish people?
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"Jewfro" is not offensive, karaoke is. [/ QUOTE ] Awesome. -2kF
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02-03-2005, 05:00 AM
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Re: Is the term \"Jew\" offensive to Jewish people?
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"Jewfro" is not offensive, karaoke is. [/ QUOTE ] Only if you suck at it. I, for one, am a Karaoke GOD! Kinda like being the tallest midget, but it WAS worth about $4g's to me last year, plus netted me a wife.
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