[gothic-l] Re: Are EE Jews half-Goths?

[babeck at ALPHALINK.COM.AU]

--- In gothic-l at y..., l_labkovsky at h... wrote:
>> Remember that Sarmats were of Iranian origin and therefore looked 
pretty much like Armenians or Georgians, so it's OK. I'm sure that 
Ostrogoths disliked their Sarmatian offspring because Mulatoes are 
always disliked by their purebred parents

Always??? How can you possibly know that?  For your information, I am 
ethnically English and my wife is ethnically Chinese and we both LOVE 
our "mulato" children!!  In fact, among all the mixed marriages that 
are known personally to me (and I know of quite a few), I know of no 
parent that is embarrassed by their offspring.

>> Ostrogoths didn't want the parental responsibility for these mixed-
blood offspring and escaped to Italy. 
 These "Mulatoes" were too 
embarrassed to admit that they were Ostrogoth "bastards" so they 
invented the rumour that they were Jews from Germany
.These offspring 
lived separately from Ostrogoths with their Sarmat or Caucasian 
mothers and were called mamzer from the word "mame"(mother).

 You speak as if this were proven fact.  Can you please quote your 
source and their authority for making such statements?  There is 
danger in attributing modern attitudes to ancient peoples who lived 
at a different time with different values, different morals, and in a 
different ethnic and political landscape.

Cheers,

Brian Beck



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