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Why is Cohen offensive?
by Lizzie_Jay
6/2/2007, 3:38 AM
in reply to a message by Array
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- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey)   +4
6/2/2007, 7:37 AM
Cohen is rather like naming your son "priest," except that a Cohen is a priest in a religion (namely Judaism) that has gotten the short end of the stick for literally thousands of years. It strikes me as ignorant and vaguely condescending, like naming a child Cherokee or Cheyenne.Array
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- blaaarg   +3
6/2/2007, 11:59 AM
Could be a family name.Cohen's a pretty common Jewish surname, isn't it? And it's pretty trendy to call your kids first-name family surnames. I don't think it's inherently religious.Or maybe the parents like Leonard Cohen a lot. That's probably a stretch though :)
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- Océane (guest)
6/3/2007, 2:34 PM
I agree. Hardly that offensive at all.
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- Isla
6/2/2007, 10:53 PM
Nope, pretty sure it's the OC's influence, unfortunately
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- Isla
6/2/2007, 10:53 PM
ignoredouble post :(

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