Comments on: Neo-Nazi MEP from Hungary discovers he is Jewish http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 11:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1510463 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 16 Aug 2012 22:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1510463 We're only creating metaphorical representations of the archetypes that they send us, so no problem. We’re only creating metaphorical representations of the archetypes that they send us, so no problem.

]]> By: BombBlastLightingWaltz http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1510125 BombBlastLightingWaltz Thu, 16 Aug 2012 19:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1510125 Laughs! Thanks that made my afternoon.  Laughs! Thanks that made my afternoon. 

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509938 Brainspore Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509938 @Antinous_Moderator:disqus : Maybe so… but who are we to Art-Direct a race of omnipotent interstellar beings? @Antinous_Moderator:disqus : Maybe so… but who are we to Art-Direct a race of omnipotent interstellar beings?

]]> By: Mitch_M http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509571 Mitch_M Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509571 Under Jewish law he would have to have a Jewish mother. Israeli law considers anyone with one Jewish grandparent Jewish for the purposes of immigration and as such he would have more rights in Palestine than a Palestinian. Under Jewish law he would have to have a Jewish mother. Israeli law considers anyone with one Jewish grandparent Jewish for the purposes of immigration and as such he would have more rights in Palestine than a Palestinian.

]]> By: Lodewijk Gonggrijp http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509525 Lodewijk Gonggrijp Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509525 Well this certainly brightened up my day :) Well this certainly brightened up my day :)

]]> By: TheMudshark http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509507 TheMudshark Thu, 16 Aug 2012 08:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509507 Ha ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo Ha ha!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX7wtNOkuHo

]]> By: Tynam http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509494 Tynam Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509494 Actually, yes, there kinda are. Ashkenaz in particular are a surprisingly tightly related genetic group, with an unusually low rate of male genetic admixture in particular.  One recent study suggests that we're almost all, effectively, 'cousins' as far as genetic similarity goes. (This has some notable downsides, such as the famously high prevalence of Tay-Sachs disease in the population.) There's still a lot of research being done on this; most of the relevant papers are from the last decade or so. (The Jewish custom of tracing descent matrilineally helps here, as it makes the family genetic record <i>much</i> more reliable than for comparable cultures.) Actually, yes, there kinda are. Ashkenaz in particular are a surprisingly tightly related genetic group, with an unusually low rate of male genetic admixture in particular.  One recent study suggests that we’re almost all, effectively, ‘cousins’ as far as genetic similarity goes.

(This has some notable downsides, such as the famously high prevalence of Tay-Sachs disease in the population.)

There’s still a lot of research being done on this; most of the relevant papers are from the last decade or so.

(The Jewish custom of tracing descent matrilineally helps here, as it makes the family genetic record much more reliable than for comparable cultures.)

]]> By: Fat Head Carl http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509488 Fat Head Carl Thu, 16 Aug 2012 07:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509488 Real world Clayton Biggsby. Real world Clayton Biggsby.

]]> By: dragonfrog http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509379 dragonfrog Thu, 16 Aug 2012 04:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509379 'Leon the pig farmer" is another good one.  Jewish man in London discovers there was a clerical error at the sperm bank, and his biological father is a pig farmer in Yorkshire.  Charming awkwardness ensues. ‘Leon the pig farmer” is another good one.  Jewish man in London discovers there was a clerical error at the sperm bank, and his biological father is a pig farmer in Yorkshire.  Charming awkwardness ensues.

]]> By: Dan Foresman http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509360 Dan Foresman Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509360 Actually, I think they're looking for escaped Grey/abductee hybrids but are flown by clones of brainwashable recruits grown off the cells they scrape from the barbed wire in those "training scenarios."  Make 'em smart and they run away, not towards conflict.  Just sayin'. Actually, I think they’re looking for escaped Grey/abductee hybrids but are flown by clones of brainwashable recruits grown off the cells they scrape from the barbed wire in those “training scenarios.”  Make ‘em smart and they run away, not towards conflict.  Just sayin’.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509305 Brainspore Thu, 16 Aug 2012 03:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509305 Related dilemma: http://www.theonion.com/articles/gay-teen-worried-he-might-be-christian,2888/ Related dilemma: http://www.theonion.com/articles/gay-teen-worried-he-might-be-christian,2888/

]]> By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509205 awjt Thu, 16 Aug 2012 01:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509205 it was a toss-up  *shrug* it was a toss-up  *shrug*

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509175 Ipo Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509175 Missing foreskin gene?   Missing foreskin gene?  

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509172 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509172 Not if you don't die. Some day, it's just going to be Mormons and vampires. Not if you don’t die. Some day, it’s just going to be Mormons and vampires.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509164 Ipo Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509164 Everybody becomes Mormon eventually.   Everybody becomes Mormon eventually.  

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509161 Ipo Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509161 Y'all think it's funny.  What if he had been a Jew, finding out one day he was really a Neo-Nazi? Y’all think it’s funny. 
What if he had been a Jew, finding out one day he was really a Neo-Nazi?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509159 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509159 The original might have worked if they had done an overlap instead of a merge in the center. The original might have worked if they had done an overlap instead of a merge in the center.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509153 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509153 Because Daily Mail readers regard the Falklands War as practically as important as WWI and WWII combined? Because Daily Mail readers regard the Falklands War as practically as important as WWI and WWII combined?

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509152 Ipo Thu, 16 Aug 2012 00:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509152 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_certificate" rel="nofollow">They care deeply</a>.  It's a thing they have. They care deeply. 
It’s a thing they have.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509130 Ipo Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509130  He could always go into the religion business.  There's  hatred to be spewed aplenty.   He could always go into the religion business. 
There’s  hatred to be spewed aplenty. 

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509129 Brainspore Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509129 Come to think of it, the Raelians used to combine both symbols too. But that was deemed "controversial" by small-minded humans, so the cult leader asked special permission from the alien overlords to <a href="http://repeatingislands.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/raelian.png?w=500" rel="nofollow">change it to a magical swirly instead</a> and the aliens said OK. Come to think of it, the Raelians used to combine both symbols too. But that was deemed “controversial” by small-minded humans, so the cult leader asked special permission from the alien overlords to change it to a magical swirly instead and the aliens said OK.

]]> By: Peppermint http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509114 Peppermint Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509114 There are Jewish markers in the human genome? You mean babies are *born* with yarmulkes on? There are Jewish markers in the human genome? You mean babies are *born* with yarmulkes on?

]]> By: Peppermint http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509108 Peppermint Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509108 Hugs? Hugs?

]]> By: Peppermint http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509101 Peppermint Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509101 Somehow I find this far more delightful, ironic and Schadenfreude-tastic than the classic Jewish-neonazi one. (although the latter rarely gets old either.) Somehow I find this far more delightful, ironic and Schadenfreude-tastic than the classic Jewish-neonazi one. (although the latter rarely gets old either.)

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509094 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509094 You mean it could be contagious like The Gay? You mean it could be contagious like The Gay?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509093 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509093 Ananda Marga has it all. Ananda Marga has it all.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509080 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509080 Strictly speaking, that should be 'feh'. Strictly speaking, that should be ‘feh’.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509065 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509065 <blockquote>Alanis also realises it, and is now thoroughly educated in the meaning of the word.</blockquote>She's Canadian. Who knows what goes on in their heads.

Alanis also realises it, and is now thoroughly educated in the meaning of the word.

She’s Canadian. Who knows what goes on in their heads.

]]> By: Al Billings http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509045 Al Billings Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509045 The Gods don't consider themselves to be Muslim, normally, with a few exceptions. There have been a few white members, such as Azrael Wisdom, but, yeah, irony. The Gods don’t consider themselves to be Muslim, normally, with a few exceptions. There have been a few white members, such as Azrael Wisdom, but, yeah, irony.

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/neo-nazi-mep-from-hungary-disc.html#comment-1509046 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 15 Aug 2012 22:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176517#comment-1509046 Like orcs, if they spot you, they'll forget their disagreements until they've taken care of you. Like orcs, if they spot you, they’ll forget their disagreements until they’ve taken care of you.

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