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To: richard surckla who wrote (164408)	3/16/2003 7:31:51 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574261

>I prefer the Dictionary's to yours for "goy"... >goy ( P ) Pronunciation Key (goi) >n. Offensive pl. goy·im (goim) or goys >Used as a disparaging term for one who is not a Jew. Richard- While there's no doubt the word can be used disparagingly, it really usually is just a general neutral term for "non-Jew"... there actually is a disparaging phrase for it, but it escapes me right now. "Goy" really does literally mean "nation" (thinking way back to Hebrew school days)... in the famous biblical phrase, "Nation shall not lift up sword against nation," the word for nation is "goy." And regardless, what's wrong with a group having a negative term for all others not in the group? It's human nature to classify- Christianity has "heretic," Islam has "infidel," so what? -Z