From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 61691
Date: 2008-11-17
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From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
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> Aryan, as a term, preceded Nazism's noxious use of the term. Hamitic is
> based on a racist concept --a group cursed by God. It also presuuposes a
> dichotomoy between Semitic and the rest of the family which is not there.
> It is an untenable term --like called Romance "Latino-Grenouille",
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No, it's not untenable.
This word was never intended as offensive.
This word does not have any racist content in French.
A.