LL-L 'Language and genetics' 2006.09.30 (04) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 30 September 2006 * Volume 04
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From: 'MWI' [wintzermichel at wanadoo.fr]
Subject: LL-L 'Language and genetics' 2006.09.30 (01 [E]

Hi LLs,
Sandy wrote:
> Take blood, for example. Me and my (full) brother are different blood
> types. If I had an accident, most people all over the world could give
> me blood, but my brother couldn't. Talking about "blood" to separate
> people into groups is irrelevant. It immediately shows your argument to
> be based on obsolete notions of brotherhood. Obviously when you need
> blood in a hospital the classification of blood is very important, but
> it's not the same thing as the classification of people.
No it isn't. Because "blood" has several meanings.
The ones relevant here are:
1. Genetic make-up
2. Red body fluid.
For me the argument ends already there.
Tschüß, Mike Wintzer 

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