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Where is your dividing line here?

You say "[a] country filled with Arabs, Africans, and Afghans isn't Germany" and then question someone who wants to preserve their child's Israeli and Austrian heritage.

Trying to use genetic heritage to determine nationality is an unproductive use of one's time. You would be right in saying that the native populations of South Germany and Austria are similar genetically, but native North Germans are more similar genetically to the Dutch, Danish, and Swedish. Perhaps you also argue for those nationalities to identify as German?

I wrote the preceding sentences before checking your comment history (and remembering the neo-Nazi reference of your username). Now that I have, I can see why you would have a problem with non-Caucasians identifying as German and German parents wanting their children to remember their non-German heritage.

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Germany and Austria are similar genetically, but native North Germans are more similar genetically to the Dutch, Danish, and Swedish.

Differences among all those groups can be teased out when comparing them among themselves, but when comparing to Arabs, Africans, or Afghans, the differences among Europeans effectively vanish.

That was the point.

For Europe as we know it to continue to exist it's population must be Europeans.

Consider the types of societies one finds across the Arab world and Africa to the societies one finds in Europe.

neo-Nazi reference

I didn't even know about the "neo-Nazi reference" thing until someone pointed it out before(you?).

The truth is there are a series of account that were made when the number of saved stories was limited. i.e. cb1 ... 18

I just happened to stop on 18.

It's really absurd if every time you see the number 18 you shriek and go Nazi!!!

Do you watch sports where they wear numbers? Do you ever see prices in stores that say 18? There must be nazis hiding everywhere huh?

"Consider the types of societies one finds across the Arab world and Africa to the societies one finds in Europe"

Let's do that:

European societies are nationalist (with distinct nations) and also functional.

African and Middle Eastern societies are pan-Arabic/pan-Islamic and dysfunctional.

I'm not claiming it's casuation not a mere correlation, but we should probably not fix what's not broken. Call when pan-Islamic Caliphate or pan-Arab Federation happens and is a success.

'cb18' = combat / Kampf Adolf Hitler.

That's a well known code for Nazis.

Nazis happened ~70 years ago, it's minuscule now and the world changed. I'd suggest you put your attention to more contemporary issues.

- e.g. the, lamentable sub par state of most muslim countries. Many of those countries have so much (oil) money but look what stupid things their regimes are doing with it. Certainly not building a modern society. It's oppression almost everywhere - stop the population explosion would be another subject. Contrary to 50 years ago we have now the medical means to stop it. No wonder everybody gets poorer 'when a small farm has to be shared between 10 children'...

(But of course you (all) know this - and a cure is difficult)

> I'd suggest you put your attention to more contemporary issues.

Like the rise of xenophobic, populistic, nationalistic, fascist groups in Europe - where I live.

> lamentable sub par state of most muslim countries.

I suggest you take care of that. It's not my business. I have nothing to do with muslim countries.

> stop the population explosion

Where I live, there is no such thing.

This is the same guy who was going on about /r/European being a misunderstood place that is definitely not a neonazi/white supremacist forum.

The truth is there are a series of accounts that were made when the number of saved stories was limited. i.e. cb1 ... 18

It's true that creating series of 18 accounts just to make a concealed Nazi reference is pretty extreme, so maybe it's just a coincidence this time. False alarm guys, put away the pitchforks.

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cb18 2227 days ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cb17 2253 days ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cb16 2257 days ago

...

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cb3 2668 days ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cb2 2787 days ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=cb1 No such user.

But wait, there is no cb1! We've caught him in his crafty lies. Since there are actually only 17 accounts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_SS_Panzergrenadier_Divisi...) his cover is blown. Unless he can immediately clear his name by somehow proving the existence a cb1 account created 8 years ago, we've (essentially) _proved_ that he is a Nazi who is not worthy of refutation!

For Europe as we know it to continue to exist it's population must be Europeans.

Less sarcastically, I think it would be better to debate the points he makes rather than dismissing him by shrieking "Nazi". Is Europe defined by its genetic heritage or its culture? Which is more important? Do the two go hand-in-hand? At what cost is it worth preserving either?

It's really absurd if every time you see the number 18 you shriek and go Nazi!!!

You tried to slip that last reference in at the end where no one would notice, but I saw it. Nazi!!!

> Is Europe defined by its genetic heritage or its culture? Which is more important? Do the two go hand-in-hand? At what cost is it worth preserving either?

Just define it by geography, problem solved?

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