Re: March of the Titans - A History of the White Race

"Douglas Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Lo, many moons past, on Tue, 18 Nov 2003 23:18:10 GMT, a stranger
> called by some "H. Reader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  came forth
> and told this tale in us.military.army
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> >"Douglas Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> >> Define Europe.  Is Moscow in Europe?  How about Kosovo?  Where does
> >> Europe stop?  Are Finns European?  How about Poles?
> >
> >    As an obviously erudite guy, you're probably familiar with
> >the reality of border regions, so why don't you apply that
> >knowledge and answer your own questions.
>
> I am.  I'm just curious as to where you see. it.  Take Germany.  As
> the crossroads of Europe, it has been invaded constantly since before
> the Romans showed up.  So Germans are quite the mongrels.  Their
> culture reflects that.  In eastern Germany, you see mant Slvic
> influences, to the west, their pracitcally French.  Defining Europe
> and European culture is like trying to find the last diget of pi.

    Not really.  Differences among Germans are slight, north to
south and east to west.  And culturally, the Western Tradition
is pretty much the heritage of most of Europe.

> Add to that the cultural drift of former European colonies like in the
> Americas and the South Pacific, and you have hundreds of cultures,
> none of them quite "European."

    How can you say they aren't quite European if you can't
define what European culture is?

> >> Even though they aren't genetically close to European, but closer to
> >> North Africans?
> >
> >    As Basques have lived in Europe since time immemorial, I'd
> >say they're European, wouldn't you.  I'm not familiar with
> >their genetics, but they certainly would be considered white,
> >don't you think?.
>
> Depends.  Basques are generally shorter, stockier, and swarthier than
> other Iberians.  Many Spainiards don't consider them white, I can tell
> you!

    Every Basque I ever met, and I've known probably a couple of
dozen or so, as I had a job once that took me far into the mountains
on horseback in Nevada and up into the Sierras sometimes, weren't
swarthy at all.  They were deeply suntanned, but not naturally swarthy.
In fact one guy I recall was a matre'd at the old Mapes Hotel
in Reno, and he had really strikingly white skin.

> >> Genetically, Chinese.  Culturally, Jewish.
> >
> >    Actually, culturally they're a mix of Jewish and Chinese.
>
> Granted.