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Thread #70217   Message #1199251
Posted By: greg stephens
03-Jun-04 - 10:39 AM
Thread Name: BS: Who Beheaded Nick Berg?
Subject: RE: BS: Who Beheaded Nick Berg?
McGrath from Harlow points out that some Macedonians were involved in killing some people in very nefarious circumstances a few years ago. He then points out "without in any way implying anything", that there were some Macedonians in Irag when Berg had his head cut off.
   Well, McGrath, if, as you say, you weren't implying anything, why exactly did you you put these two bits of information side by side? I cant quite see what you are doing, if you are not implying something. I, and anyone else reading your post, will spot exactly what you appear to be implying: that if some Macedonians did a bad thing some time ago, it follows that some other Macedonians will do another bad thing now. There's a word for making those sort of essentialist suggestions about ethnic groups.
(Alexander the Great was a Macedonian. It does not necessarily follow that all Macedonians are likely to conquer the known world. ).