[gothic-l] Re; Dirk

[Sunny]

Hi Dirk, please do not disengage in our discussion, you have vaste 
amounts of knowledge on this subject and I respect your view on this 
difficult subject matter.  But please do let me make something very 
clear here.

"As a German I am perhaps more sensitive to such claims of racial 
superiority and others can be more relaxed about that."

First and foremost, I do not believe the Jats are better or worse 
than others – we are all humans.  Second, I do not believe that 
examining a possible link between the Jats and the Getae and the 
Getae and Goths constitutes any idea of racial superiority, 
especially since this theory is and was proposed almost solely by non-
Jat European scholars, and never really swallowed by the Jats 
themselves.  Thirdly it does not stop with Germany and Northwest 
India, there may be some more obscure tribes in Western China, North 
Persia, Thrace, etc. that belong to the same origin. 

This view is not solely for Jats, but can potentially affect the 
entire world history as we know it today.  And it is just a view, I 
am not forcing anyone to swallow it, but I am suggesting to look at a 
bigger picture.  Best Wishes, 



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