Ask Longbowman anything

**Tooting Carmen** · 10-10-2020, 09:10 PM

What was it that attracted you to this forum in the first place?

**Jehan** · 10-10-2020, 10:10 PM

What let you think in the first place you are so interesting that people want to ask you question?

**Longbowman** · 10-10-2020, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Tooting Carmen

What was it that attracted you to this forum in the first place?

Interest in population genetics. I'd just done 23andme and I was, I think, waiting for my results, and I was excited to discuss that.

Originally Posted by Jehan

What let you think in the first place you are so interesting that people want to ask you question?

I don't know, what made you interested enough to ask me this question?

**~~Rethel~~** · 10-28-2020, 06:27 PM

Originally Posted by Longbowman

I'm not a Zionist and I don't think I ever have been. Defending a coethnic wouldn't make me a Zionist but that's not what I'm doing.

So what is your opinion about zionism, why you are not, and what then is your attitude towards your folk?

**calxpal** · 10-28-2020, 06:32 PM

What would you do if you encountered an alien?

**Longbowman** · 10-28-2020, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by calxpal

What would you do if you encountered an alien?

Depends. How attractive is this alien?

**calxpal** · 10-28-2020, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by Longbowman

Depends. How attractive is this alien?

A cute stereotypical looking alien, not weird or ugly

**Longbowman** · 10-28-2020, 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by Rethel

So what is your opinion about zionism, why you are not, and what then is your attitude towards your folk?

Originally Posted by Longbowman

I have many relatives there, as close as an uncle, two aunts, and three first cousins, so if it were to explode or sink into the sea, it would affect me in a fairly direct way. And I do perceive a large amount of criticism of Israel to be intertwined with anti-Semitism or to incorporate it, which also affects me. Israel's actions can alleviate or inflame these passions, and the general Zionism of the Jewish communities can also affect them. So it is impossible for me to be fully divorced from Israel. I would however ideally like to consider it as I consider Greece - a western ally with no connection to me. But this is not possible for reasons beyond my control. This is also true of America, where I hold citizenship, and where I have a lot of family, but again, whilst I cannot pretend to be entirely impartial, my foreign policy doesn't treat either country as special or elevated.

However, I do not support its sports teams, I do not care about its successes or lack of said in the Olympics, I don't really care about its internal politics, and I am critical of its occupation of the West Bank. I advocate against Jewish nationalism in the UK and am strongly opposed to people making aliyah (emigrating to Israel). Additionally I am openly critical (IRL) of Jews who value Israel over [country of citizenship].