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Well, yes, or the non-Coptic Egyptians. Tom Send a noteboard - 17/06/2010 12:57:54 AM
They were all Coptic Christians when a small band of Arabs conquered them. It's not like the millions of Egyptians then living in Egypt were all killed and the tiny band of Arabs screwed their way into the 78 million range. It's just that, over time, the Egyptians adopted Islam and all started speaking Arabic (including the Coptic Christians). They're all essentially the same, ethnically. A few may have more Arab blood than others.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.

ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius

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Wait...is the racist part the idiocy of trying to say Cleopatra was black or the "wog" calling part? Tom - 15/06/2010 01:38:42 AM 524 Views
it's not even a proper use of the term wog. LadyLorraine - 15/06/2010 10:16:25 AM 487 Views
No, actually it is. Tom - 15/06/2010 05:06:54 PM 569 Views
mk so, looking at that neither use is "wrong". LadyLorraine - 16/06/2010 08:53:05 AM 474 Views
Hence, your statement "it's not even a proper use of the term wog" is incorrect. *NM* Tom - 16/06/2010 01:34:45 PM 174 Views
yah, i implied that i see that it is right LadyLorraine - 17/06/2010 05:10:37 AM 446 Views
And no one in the rest of the world cares about Australian slang. They're just weird down there. *NM* Tom - 16/06/2010 01:35:11 PM 190 Views
Perhaps you've confused "wog" and "wop". *NM* Tom - 15/06/2010 05:07:22 PM 191 Views
no, see above. LadyLorraine - 16/06/2010 08:54:27 AM 418 Views
Wouldn't the closest modern ethnicity to the ancient egyptians be the Coptics? *NM* imlad - 16/06/2010 10:44:39 PM 180 Views
Well, yes, or the non-Coptic Egyptians. Tom - 17/06/2010 12:57:54 AM 482 Views
I wasn't calling anyone a wog, I was suggesting a likely parallel to the Ptolemies' attitude Cannoli - 17/06/2010 09:58:23 PM 550 Views
I completely agree that the "black Cleopatra" syndrome is born of insecurities. Tom - 18/06/2010 02:11:15 AM 488 Views
Yah...i don't see why people ever think Cleopatra should be black. LadyLorraine - 15/06/2010 10:18:12 AM 469 Views
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