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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (559497)	4/3/2004 1:43:48 PM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Yeah. I notice that Asians seem very much closed-minded in this area. Perhaps we all are. I have always thought that I didn’t care much for Asian women, that I preferred some European and American features instead(see below). And I think I may have transferred those tastes to my sons; but if my sons decided to date Asian ladies (or whatever), I don’t think I would recoil from it as Asian parents seem commonly to do against non-Asians. A good friend of mine is a missionary in China, teaching English there; and he found the Chinese there initially quite against his dating a Chinese girl, a fellow believer. I visited him when he first began his work and noted how tough it was for him. Nevertheless I somewhat recently visited and found things quite changed. He seems to have gotten on quite nicely, and after persisting in patience with the parents they have quite fallen in love with him. He married the daughter. They wish to have their children here in the states. I have already agreed to have them stay with us on furlough when the time comes. I didn’t think to force them into paying me for my generosity with recipes. Dang! Before anyone calls me a racist on this point, please understand that I know of a certainty that in nature, we are all one thing, that people are like dogs, coming in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors, but that they are all essentially just dogs. I also know, of a certainty, that in nature there is no such thing as “race,” that nose shape, eye shape, skin color, hair texture, freckles and height, are all of the same logical value. I married a woman who has a general feature grouping (“race”) like my own for a variety of reasons. Our histories happened such that the likelihood of my having such a marriage was greater than my having otherwise. That is rapidly changing such that my sons now have a far greater likelihood than I had, of marrying people with feature groupings different from theirs. That to me is insignificant. I only have one requirement: that their wives love Christ, live for Him and will raise my grandchildren for Him. This view also gives me freedom to openly prefer features without even the slightest hint of shame. Whereas many men love redheads, I happen to enjoy brunettes. Some men enjoy short women. I like mine tall. Some men go for Asian feature groupings in women. I don’t generally. We should be completely free to enjoy and prefer blond women (or not), or dark skinned women (or not), or almond-eyed women (or not), treating these features as if they are what they are—mere features. You like Asian? Enjoy. Be free to say, “I love Asian women. I like their look, I like their culture. I prefer them and I want to marry one.” That is your natural right. It means there is something in you that is more complete by going Asian, than by not. I want you to be what nature wants you to be. I would literally kill to ensure you keep that right and use it freely.