XPost: or.politics   
   From: lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net   
      
   Larry Caldwell  wrote:   
      
   > In article <56OWi.190$It.35@trndny06>, lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net   
   > (Lobby Dosser) says...   
   >> Larry Caldwell  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > In article ,   
   >> > lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net (Lobby Dosser) says...   
   >> >   
   >> >> I don't think it depends on the size of the group, but on the   
   >> >> offensiveness of the term. The Oklahoma Hebes, for example, would   
   >> >> not pass my test.   
   >> >   
   >> > Do you really think the worshippers of the goddess Hebe would   
   >> > object?  In Roseburg, they just erected a statue to her in a city   
   >> > park.   
   >> >   
   >>   
   >> Now I see the confusion. Back east Hebe is a derogatory term for   
   >> Jews.   
   >   
   > I'm pretty sure Hebe was Greek.  Goddess of youth, and cup bearer to   
   > the gods.  How did the Jews get into the act?   
   >   
      
   Hebrews ----> Hebes   
      
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