At 07:23 04-10-2002 -0500, Adam Lipscomb wrote: > > >Um, no. You appear hell-bent upon reserving for yourself the right > > >to define words the way you *want* to define them. > > > > Which, of course, cannot be said about the pro-Israel crowd... > >Ahh, so it's not *just* the Israelis, but all their friends, too?
From the start of this discussion, I have been not been mentioning the Israelis but the pro-Israel crowd as the set of people who IMO misinterpret the meaning of the word "anti-Semite". >Wow, Jeroen. You sure do build up impressive enemies lists. I have no problem with that. While I think the general pro-Israel crowd is not so much intolerant but merely heavily misguided, the fanatics in that group preach intolerance, and like every civilised human being, I despise intolerance. So, the only people on my enemies list are those that preach intolerance. >Back to reality, though: are you or are you not willing to accept >that the term "anti-Semite" is, despite the *apparent* meaning of the >term, most commonly used to describe anti-Jewish attitudes? > >If so, then problem solved. I am not disputing that the term "anti-Semite" is often *used* to describe anti-Jewish attitudes; I am disputing that this particular meaning is the *correct* meaning. >If not, the please explain why you do not acknowledge the definitive >source on word usage in the English language. Please attach links to >scholarly papers you wrote to get you PhD in English, especially if >they touch upon the inaccuracies you found in the OED. Sorry, my PhD in English dates back to my pre-Internet years, so the documents are not available on-line. :-) Jeroen "Likud Delenda Est" van Baardwijk __________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
