>>>Peter - FWIW, I did not read your original comment as a joke and I was shocked that you would say it. So while you may have known what you meant, clearly it did come across as you intended to multiple readers.
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>>Tamar, perhaps you too are somewhat sensitive? I beg you to read the sentence one more time. Then tell me what's improper.
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>Peter - I just went back and read the sentence again. Knowing you meant it as a joke, I can see how it could be taken that way, but clearly, a number of people did not read it that way originally. (And, of course, the lack of a smiley of some sort meant you provided no clue.)
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>I think this is one of those cases where, face to face, the joke would have been obvious (by the look on your face and the tone of voice and so forth), but where in writing, the joke just didn't come through.
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>FWIW, I would have seen that sentence as inflammatory no matter what religion or ethnic group you referenced. Test yourself. Fill in the blank with different groups and see why some of us were stunned:
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>Thank G-d plants and trees and animals, fish and birds and the majority of mankind are not _____________.
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Vulcan?