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[2016 RBS Six Nations] Round 4: England vs. Wales (12/03/2016)
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<blockquote data-quote="smartcooky" data-source="post: 793250" data-attributes="member: 20605"><p>Freemasons have had a particular lifestyle for 2900 years. Does that make Freemasons an ethnic grouping?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No. Irish Traveller DNA is 99.999% <u><strong>in</strong></u>distinguishable from the general settled Irish populace The only differences are those you would find after a group had bred within a limited gene pool, in much the same way as happens in small religious cult groupings such as the the Amish and the Exclusive Brethren. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well plenty of groups of people meet that criteria; the Gay community and the Deaf community, for example, have a <em>"rich and distinct culture"</em>. Would you call them an ethnic grouping?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Try actually reading what I posted; <em>"They are not any more deserving of being classed as an "ethnicity" than the Red-neck trailer trash that inhabit American trailer parks south of the Mason-Dixon line."</em> is not comparing them with trailer trash!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smartcooky, post: 793250, member: 20605"] Freemasons have had a particular lifestyle for 2900 years. Does that make Freemasons an ethnic grouping? No. Irish Traveller DNA is 99.999% [U][B]in[/B][/U]distinguishable from the general settled Irish populace The only differences are those you would find after a group had bred within a limited gene pool, in much the same way as happens in small religious cult groupings such as the the Amish and the Exclusive Brethren. Well plenty of groups of people meet that criteria; the Gay community and the Deaf community, for example, have a [I]"rich and distinct culture"[/I]. Would you call them an ethnic grouping? Try actually reading what I posted; [I]"They are not any more deserving of being classed as an "ethnicity" than the Red-neck trailer trash that inhabit American trailer parks south of the Mason-Dixon line."[/I] is not comparing them with trailer trash!! [/QUOTE]
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