Gordon, you are correct. I should not have referred to the Jewish people as a "race". Quite right. I apologize for my lazy use of language in so doing, and thank you for drawing my attention to it. I won't make that mistake again. There are certainly Jews to be found in most, if not all, racial groups across this world.

I should therefore have referred to the Jewish people as a religious and cultural community, not a race.

Most of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust were indeed of the same so-called "Aryan" white European racial stock as were the Nazis. How ironical!

I realize that neo-Nazis use many of the same explanations (in part)that I have when describing the rise of Naziism in prewar Germany. It is a sad thing that people will often use portions and fragments of the truth to aid and abet what is overall a lie...such as the ludicrous neo-Nazi assertion that the Holocaust never happened....or that the persecution of the Jews was somehow justified. If I were aware of the presence of any neo-Nazis around me (I don't think I've ever met one) I would avoid them.

I just hate to see bigotry going in either direction. I truly believe that all the Earth's people are of one spirit, and are therefore one people. I feel concerned for any victims of oppression or aggression anywhere.

For those whom I have inadvertently offended in my zeal to explain these concerns, I ask your patience and your understanding, and I regret if I have caused you any offence. It was not intended.

Little Hawk