How much farther back than 100,000 yrs. would you have us go, Cass? IMO, the 'roots' of the Arab-Israeli conflicts can be found in the last century, with the League of Nations. But we've gone through that history already.



Why should I either scramble around or get red in the face, Cass? Since 1976, when Koestler's book was first published (and which I've read, by the way) tremendous strides have been made in genetics and various discoveries have been made that disprove what Koestler postulated--not to mention what archeology has discovered.

I'm really not defending a 'lie,' Cass.

Helice, you will not discuss religion here but give a scientific answer. I am not sure if your views are held by the majority of scientests as you quote no source. In any case I do not see where you have prove Cassiel wrong. We do not have any human skins from this period so as a Historian I think the question is still an open question.

I agree that race is not important. However to some humans it is important. By the way WOG is an Australian expression meaning Worthy Oriental Gentlemen. Many Australian from British stock use it to make fun of all non Anglo Australians in the 1950s. The first we attack were the Italians who were a little darker than us. Luckly some Italian comedians call themselves wogs and made jokes about the name. In the end this destroyed the White Australia policy and now most of our migrants are Asian.

Thank you, Aus, for another example of the British, Australians, and Americans: three countries separated by a common language.

WOG is a derogatory term applied to people from the Indian sub-continent. It is the acronym for "Western Oriental Gentleman" or "White Oriental Gentlemen" a snobbish term used by society whites in the 19th century. It may also derive from "Golliwog" which is the name of a blackface minstrel doll of the late 19th c.

If your stepfather is interested, the slang term "kike" being derogatory for Jew was coined during tne mass immigration of eastern European Jews to America. Many illiterate immigrants signed their name with a circle, the Yiddish word for which is "kikel."