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RPI Off-Season III: Another Helping of Mindless Speculation and Idle Chit Chat

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Ralph Baer said:
Thinking about that, I am attending a genealogical conference this week. Yesterday I listened to a talk by someone from the German embassy. I found that as the child of parents who were born in Germany whose citizenship was revoked, I am eligible to get a German passport. This would be useful for entering any EU country, but damm i would feel guilty having one.
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OK...here I go again...I had this conversation about political correctness with someone in the RPI community today. Ralph: YOU DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE HOLOCAUST. If you qualify for a passport that gives you access to the EU, I want people like YOU there to perpetuate the OPEN communication of ideas. Genealogy does not equate to guilt by association. Nor does a joke about a group of people equate to bigotry. If we can all agree to make fun of ourselves AND each other, won't we be better off and not have to re-read our posts EVERY flippin' time we want to press, 'submit'???????????? Apply for your GERMAN passport!!! My $ says you're not a NAZI...go enjoy Europe before she becomes a third world entity!

ooooh...scary woman with hate speech...stop her...
 
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babo said:
OK...here I go again...I had this conversation about political correctness with someone in the RPI community today. Ralph: YOU DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE HOLOCAUST. If you qualify for a passport that gives you access to the EU, I want people like YOU there to perpetuate the OPEN communication of ideas. Genealogy does not equate to guilt by association. Nor does a joke about a group of people equate to bigotry. If we can all agree to make fun of ourselves AND each other, won't we be better off and not have to re-read our posts EVERY flippin' time we want to press, 'submit'???????????? Apply for your GERMAN passport!!! My $ says you're not a NAZI...go enjoy Europe before she becomes a third world entity!

ooooh...scary woman with hate speech...stop her...
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Wait a minute. I think that I wasn't clear. :D I am a Jew whose 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, 16 great-great-grandparents, and 32 great-great-great-grandparents were born in Germany. Oops, not quite true; one of the latter was from Alsace. :D My parents' and grandparents' citizenship was revoked in the Hitler era.


I guess that ends the thread. ;)
 
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DrDemento said:
When you are as big as Luke-they should allow for 2 numbers-one on the front and a different one on the back.:)
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That's the other hockey team I support. ;) The Sabres, for those wondering...
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Wait a minute. I think that I wasn't clear. :D I am a Jew whose 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, 16 great-great-grandparents, and 32 great-great-great-grandparents were born in Germany. Oops, not quite true; one of the latter was from Alsace. :D My parents' and grandparents' citizenship was revoked in the Hitler era.


I guess that ends the thread. ;)
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HAHAHAH! Like I said...scary woman with hate speech...stop her...
 
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WaP had a link to a cryptic change in the PWR, but it's coming up as a dead link for me. Any help?
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Wait a minute. I think that I wasn't clear. :D I am a Jew whose 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, 16 great-great-grandparents, and 32 great-great-great-grandparents were born in Germany.
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Since ralph was so forthcoming on his background please see this youtube video where I explain my background.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF7btbIVFF0
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Wait a minute. I think that I wasn't clear. :D I am a Jew whose 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, 16 great-great-grandparents, and 32 great-great-great-grandparents were born in Germany. Oops, not quite true; one of the latter was from Alsace. :D My parents' and grandparents' citizenship was revoked in the Hitler era.


I guess that ends the thread. ;)
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I for one find the entire Jew topic confusing. It's a religion but not necessarily a nationality/ethnicity. Did your ancestors all migrate out of the Middle East or was there some intermarrying along the way? I'm willing to bet a lot of interesting things happened between the Roman empire and the 3rd Reich. At what point does it become just a religious affiliation instead of an ethnicity?

I'm not trying to be flippant here but I have as hard a time delineating between the two as many Americans seen to have with the entire Arab/Muslim thing, although I personally think the Arab/Muslim issue is more cut and dried. If you have a definitive thesis on this topic Ralph I'd love to hear it.

BTW... I say we finish top 3 this year for sure (we are supposed to talk about hockey right?). Our D will be even better and our O will not tail off much if any. If we get goaltending then I think we've got as a good a shot as anyone in the league.
 
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jmhusker said:
I for one find the entire Jew topic confusing. It's a religion but not necessarily a nationality/ethnicity. Did your ancestors all migrate out of the Middle East or was there some intermarrying along the way? I'm willing to bet a lot of interesting things happened between the Roman empire and the 3rd Reich. At what point does it become just a religious affiliation instead of an ethnicity?

I'm not trying to be flippant here but I have as hard a time delineating between the two as many Americans seen to have with the entire Arab/Muslim thing, although I personally think the Arab/Muslim issue is more cut and dried. If you have a definitive thesis on this topic Ralph I'd love to hear it.

BTW... I say we finish top 3 this year for sure (we are supposed to talk about hockey right?). Our D will be even better and our O will not tail off much if any. If we get goaltending then I think we've got as a good a shot as anyone in the league.
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Undoubtedly there were some rapes along the way, especially at the time of the Crusades. Intermarriage is less likely.

I had my y-chromosome DNA tested on Sunday. The results in about a month will show something about my male line.
 
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Today is 19 August 2011. There are 43 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 1 October for the start of next season.
 
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Ralph- Ich kann dir ja meinen Personalausweiss ausleihen bis du deinen bekommst.;)
 
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Setzen Sie auf die Gummiplatten ist Bettnässen Saison vor der Tür.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Undoubtedly there were some rapes along the way, especially at the time of the Crusades. Intermarriage is less likely.

I had my y-chromosome DNA tested on Sunday. The results in about a month will show something about my male line.
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You have a Y chromosome at least-be thankful for that.;)
 
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Red Cloud said:
He's a dark brown one in the crapper - all one needs to do is flush.
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Pants on fire Red Cloud, you said you blocked reading posts but have an amazing ability to answer them. Some lie like others breath.
 
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Hokydad said:
Pants on fire Red Cloud, you said you blocked reading posts but have an amazing ability to answer them. Some lie like others breath.
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You're not on ignore, dipstick. That's how I can read your posts.

Also, you're the one obsessed with supposed hypocrisy, and YOU'RE accusing someone of lying? That's rich.
 
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