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Do we care that Steve Jobs is Syrian-American by birth?
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I am King.
Here's the backstory: Several months ago I discovered the identity of the adopted-at-birth Steve Jobs biological father, someone he talked about in his Stanford graduation speech in June. Turns out Jobs wasn't born in San Fran, as he's always claimed, but Madison, Wisconsin, something he's known for decades -- yet another example of his famous reality distortion field." Getting the assignment to research and write about the from Fast Company, I and my co-author Alan Deutschman, a staff writer there, traced Jobs' old man from his 1931 birth in Syria -- making Jobs the most-prominent living Arab-American -- through his current residence in the states, and many many points in between, producing a 3,700 word article other well-established authors and editors have called "very interesting" "wonderful,
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/...are_that_1.php
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Maybe you've been asleep but everyone knows Steve is an Arab.
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Wow, talk about a huge non-issue. Does anyone even care?
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Everyone knows? Really? That's cool. But as long as I've been a Mac User (ten years) I've never heard anything even remotely close to this. No I think you're full of it unless you can show me proof.
Well, ThinkInsane that's why I posted. I think it's very interesting. It's ****ing cool as Hell if you ask me. He's a fellow Muslim brother. 
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Originally Posted by Ratm
nah. you just like to post things from digg on macnn.
That being said, the information is somewhat interesting, not totally new tho.
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Nah. I posted that to digg.com So I'm back to being king again. I can send you a big kiss from that profile if you wish.
Again someone says it's common knowledge but I've never read about it. Can you please post the info.
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It's interesting stuff, actually.
No, it's not relevant, but interesting.
I'm just pissed off because my son screwed up my PowerBook when I went out to dinner.
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Why do we care?
I always thought he was just a damn dirty hippy.
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Originally Posted by Ratm
He's a fellow Muslim brother.
Not only is he Syrian, now, but he's also Muslim?
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Is the RDF a WMD?
Bomb him! Bomb him now!
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I don't care if he's a martian....
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If he was born in the USA, then he is American.
If he was born in Syria, then he is Syrian.
Its clearly the fomer.
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Isn't Steve Jobs Lutheran?
That's according to Wikipedia's "List of Lutherans"
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In vino veritas.
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My last name is German. Does that mean I'm a kraut...and I like sauerkraut?
(Actually, yes, I do like sauerkraut.)
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Too bad he doesn't have one of those comical 80s accents they love to portray people from that area having.
THAT WOULD BE FUN MY FRIEND!
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Steve Jobs is American!?
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Did I know Steve's "Syrian"? No.
Do I care? No.
Am I gonna knock back a date with Shannon Elizabeth because she's "Syrian"? No.
Am I gonna knock back a date with Shannon Elizabeth because she's got plastic inserts? Yes.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
Am I gonna knock back a date with Shannon Elizabeth because she's got plastic inserts? Yes.
Absolute lunatic. There's no difference!
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In vino veritas.
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Originally Posted by undotwa
Absolute lunatic. There's no difference!
You need a trip to the eye doctor. 
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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It doesn't bother me at all. He is an American just like me. We all come from immigrants.
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Originally Posted by Ratm
Well, ThinkInsane that's why I posted. I think it's very interesting. It's ****ing cool as Hell if you ask me. He's a fellow Muslim brother.
Does being born of Syrian parents automatically make make him Muslim?
Were his biological parents Muslim? does that automatically make him Muslim?
Does a child born of biological parents who are Muslim automatically become regardless of how the child is raised?
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One should never stop striving for clarity of thought and precision of expression.
I would prefer my humanity sullied with the tarnish of science rather than the gloss of religion.
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Originally Posted by undotwa
Absolute lunatic. There's no difference!
You've not dated a woman with fake boobies, have you?
No, they don't feel natural.
and no, I don't care if Jobs is Syrian. What a stupid non-issue.
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This has been on Wikipedia for forever (I did a school report on Jobs last year).
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I thought he was an alien, not an illegal alien.
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And anyone would/should care ... why? It's all about the choices you make, not where you're from.
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Oh Syria! I always thought it was Saturn.
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Originally Posted by ThinkInsane
Wow, talk about a huge non-issue. Does anyone even care?
Put it together, man! He's an Arab, he has a big jet... OMG TERRORIST!!!
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Ah, now I understand why it's called the AlBook (Al-Booq).
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It does explain why he's so hot tempered and considered an a**hole it's a result of him having terrorist extremist blood running in his veins.
Preform a google search last night and it turned up all kinds of things including the wiki info. The guy in the link that I posted must have done the same thing.
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Originally Posted by paul w
Ah, now I understand why it's called the AlBook (Al-Booq).
Because it's made of al uminum?
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Omg I Turned Teh Sarcasm Up Too High.
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Originally Posted by paul w
Omg I Turned Teh Sarcasm Up Too High.
No such thing.
My sarcasm goes to 11.
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^^^
Haven't seen that one yet !
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Originally Posted by analogika
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Spinaltap rules !!! lol
Oh and Syrian ? huh....ok....
We're all mutts of some kind. big deal.
Cheers
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Steve Jobs is only half-Syrian. His biological mother is Joanne Simpson, an Anglo-American woman, making Steve a bi-racial person; Steve's half Syrian and half Anglo. Steve's sister Mona Simpson (a famous writer) is his full sister, a product of both Steve's biological parents (who eventually married after giving Steve up for adoption, but later divorced). Mona Simpson used their mom's maiden name as can be seen by her name.
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We need the haha image for this sucky thread.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
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