Well said by several. I was quite surprised to read some of it. This list is definitely NOT the place for such material. Bette ----- Original Message ----- From: "SHSU John R. Carpenter" <gra_jrc@shsu.edu> To: <carpenter@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [CARPENTER] Koestler's Kazar "research" >I am really disappointed that this anti-Semitic website is being promoted > here. No, make that actually pissed off. That someone claiming to be a > scholar has been taken in by this stains academia, if indeed it is the > case that he is a scholar. Bruce, this is contemptuous at best, and you > can use your darkest imagination as to what I would call it at worst. > > There has been much legitimate Khazar research, and from what little I've > seen of it, it is very fascinating. But, there is other Khazar "research" > that has been insidiously used to lay the groundwork among some that > Western Jews are descendents of Khazars in their entirety, thus leading to > the "natural" conclusion that they then have no claim to the Holy Land. An > academic intifada if you will. > > I suggest that the moderator or whomever is in charge of this list forbids > this garbage from appearing here again. Let's keep this list focused on > genealogy, not hatred. > > Rick Carpenter, B.S. in Printing Mgt, Sam Houston State University, 1982, > (not even pretending to be a scholar but one who knows bs when he sees it > even though he only has a B.S) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARPENTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.12/997 - Release Date: 9/9/2007 > 10:17 AM > >