Cossomby,

".... In any case many of us of strictly anglo-saxon-celtic descent..."

Don't you mean Indo-European?

What is 'strictly anglo-saxon-celtic' descent?

My grandparents were Irish and Scots, English and Irish and the G-grands were Irish+Irish, Scots+Scots, English+English and Irish+Irish
which should be a good Anglo-Saxon Celtic background except that as I go further back all sorts of other Indo-Europeans creep in along with a lot of Latins (another branch of the Indo-Europeans, but with a lot of North African infusions), by 1,000 AD it is getting complicated.
When I get back another thousand or so years to Gaius Julia Caesar III, C. 149-85 BC the ancestral mix can be anything.

Now, on the surface I am Celtic, my Anglos came from Dorset, where the people were pretty much Celtic and I identify as such, my Irish line goes back into the mythological era but an analysis of the rest throws up a plethora of "racial" groups from all over Europe, the East and from Russia and surrounds.

Race is a myth.

Culture is complicated but not a myth.

To Is Mise through the chair- With respect didn't you say in previous posts that you have an Indian wife? Just asking about the basis for your beliefs.

Canem Malum,

Yes, my wife is Indian.
That is she was born in India but her family tree reveals nowt but people of Portuguese origin, there is not one Hindu or Muslim name to be found in the many, many generations and there are links to some Portuguese ancestors in the 1500s,(there must, however, be Indian Indians in there as the Portuguese married locals).

It is not strange that they remained Portuguese as Catholics tend to marry Catholics and as do the Hindus and Muslims although among our friends there are Muslim Hindu marriages.

Thanks Is Mise.

Dear Paul,

Talking to some of these posters, is like playing
chess with a pigeon. He knocks over the pieces,
craps all over the board, then flies off and joins
his flock claiming victory.

Canem Malum said on another discussion - "Either
way those that want to sell off Australia are disloyal."
I presume he's referring to our Australian Government and
the big businesses who are selling off this country to
China and other interests. However I suspect he has
something else in mind.

I wonder what his ancestry is - who he's married to,
what his family background is, and what his real name
is? Also what level of education he's achieved and
what his profession is/was? It just might explain a
great deal.