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Are Palestinians not also semitic peoples though?

(Not a wind-up and I hope not to cause offence to anyone. I've always wondered this)

No. I meant about the nunvey of people who feel more affinity to paris than northern Britain.

Which I'm sure you knew.

Semitic is a linguistic taxonomy, rather than a geographical one, so not necessarily. Semitic peoples speak languages that derive from Hebrew I think.

bang on. i don't see how it is a crime to feel more sympathy for your neighbours, or for those closer to you, rather than those that aren't.

is it that black and white that you have to express sympathy for absolutely every single tragedy ever or none at all?

To put it into context, I was more upset when Jade Goody died over River Phoenix

I always feels sad when an ex dies too.

metres of it...

So, basically what David Hume said in 1740-something...?

Who?

Played centre-half for Derby. Wrote a book that said Clive hates people who aren't posh and don't support Chelsea because...they aren't posh and don't support Chelsea.

Sounds like he should hang out with some Scottish philosophy types.

If he were Scottish...

Are we talking about Clive?

You mean there aren't any scotch philosophers out there?

scotch eggheads

Are we talking about the monkeysphere?

Don Walker?

I bet he still fancies you. :)

#goodoldforumknees-ups

nunvey

Amazingly, this is actually a word in another language.

Iain Lee Leaves BBC Radio Show After Branding Anti-Gay Christian Group 'Bigots'

Over the course of the interview, Iain suggested that the offending Bible verses were “homophobic” and “bigoted”, and as the debate became more heated, he asked her whether she “supported bigotry”.

Good work that man.

Yeah but gods word. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDjHBMAGoe0

wysi etc

Can you clarify where she is from....

She is from spain, her inlaws moved here and she is going to extraordinary lengths to not visit them.

One way to get away with not going to see the inlaws at christmas