Jews

Jlighter · #1 06-09-2013, 07:19 PM

He's also selling high performance Basketball Sneakers. I'm sure the same clientele he is looking for with the cards are the same ones for the shoes.

Disclaimer: this is a joke.

Peter_Spaeth · #2 06-09-2013, 07:23 PM

What's offensive about the title?

Zone91 · #3 06-09-2013, 07:26 PM

Peter_Spaeth

I just don't think it is a good title...same if I had a title called BLACKS....simply not a good title in my opinion!! I don't want to make a fight about it to me it is just a bad title. I find it offensive and I am not even Jewish!!

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Peter_Spaeth · #4 06-09-2013, 07:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zone91

Peter_Spaeth

I just don't think it is a good title...same if I had a title called BLACKS....simply not a good title in my opinion!! I don't want to make a fight about it to me it is just a bad title. I find it offensive and I am not even Jewish!!

Post # 8

I am and it doesn't bother me one bit.

Zone91 · #5 06-09-2013, 08:05 PM

Peter_Spaeth

I guess to each his own!!!

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oldjudge · #6 06-09-2013, 08:31 PM

Adrian--Lawyers just have thick skins

Jewish-collector · #7 06-09-2013, 08:41 PM

Not offensive at all. I've used similar ebay titles in my listings to help sales, not sure that it helps any, though.

I agree with Jay. Ryan Braun is not Jewish. He was raised Catholic as is his mother's religion. Many of the so called current Jewish players are not raised Jewish. Those players have a very small Jewish heritage that they then mention when the media asks them. But they do not consider themselves Jewish.

The seller is way too high for this lot. Definitely not worth what he is selling it for.

SetBuilder · #8 06-09-2013, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Zone91

Peter_Spaeth

I just don't think it is a good title...same if I had a title called BLACKS....simply not a good title in my opinion!! I don't want to make a fight about it to me it is just a bad title. I find it offensive and I am not even Jewish!!

Post # 8

Jews is simply the plural form of Jewish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jew

To describe someone as black, white, or Hispanic is standard usage (law enforcement, news media, demographic data, etc.) and not offensive unless mixed in with other slurs.

But I did find this in the Wikipedia page:

According to The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000):

It is widely recognized that the attributive use of the noun Jew, in phrases such as Jew lawyer or Jew ethics, is both vulgar and highly offensive. In such contexts Jewish is the only acceptable possibility. Some people, however, have become so wary of this construction that they have extended the stigma to any use of Jew as a noun, a practice that carries risks of its own. In a sentence such as There are now several Jews on the council, which is unobjectionable, the substitution of a circumlocution like Jewish people or persons of Jewish background may in itself cause offense for seeming to imply that Jew has a negative connotation when used as a noun.[22]

So if you were to say, "Jew card collector", it may be offensive to some.

Gradedcardman · #9 06-09-2013, 09:36 PM

You guys can spin it anyway you want. Definitions, explanations, points of view and so on. In my opinion it's in bad taste. It was not meant that that way but it surely could of been edited to read different and then this thread would be over. Pretty simple. "Jewish player collectors". I would never start a thread as Blacks or Christians. Maybe it's because of things I've dealt with while growing to my ripe old age. Doesn't really matter because everyone has their trials and tribulations. I guess Leon sees a reason to let this go on. Continue on...

SetBuilder · #10 06-09-2013, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Gradedcardman

You guys can spin it anyway you want. Definitions, explanations, points of view and so on. In my opinion it's in bad taste. It was not meant that that way but it surely could of been edited to read different and then this thread would be over. Pretty simple. "Jewish player collectors". I would never start a thread as Blacks or Christians. Maybe it's because of things I've dealt with while growing to my ripe old age. Doesn't really matter because everyone has their trials and tribulations. I guess Leon sees a reason to let this go on. Continue on...

What about Negro league cards? That's seems to be a very offensive word. If I called a black man a negro in today's society I may be clocked in the temple. But we use it here all the time.

CW · #11 06-09-2013, 10:22 PM

Maybe it's just me, but are most here talking about the title of the eBay auction, but Adrian seems to be referring to the title of this thread? I'm confused, and not offended.

oldjudge · #12 06-09-2013, 07:27 PM

Ryan Braun is not Jewish--Steroids are not Kosher. Actually, he is not Jewish. His father was Jewish but his mother Catholic. According to Jewish law the religeon of the mother is the determining factor.

Orioles1954 · #13 06-09-2013, 07:33 PM

Of the major religious systems, I am only aware of niche collectors for the following faiths: 1.) Judaism and 2.) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints aka LDS aka Mormons. I have seen both in ebay titles to help promote sales of vintage baseball cards.

btcarfagno · #14 06-09-2013, 07:46 PM

I was expecting a Mel Brooks movie thread. Who knew?

Tom C