> At 12:11 AM 3/27/02 -0000 Alberto Monteiro wrote: > >But this is true in almost all cases. There are just a few exceptions > >of some groups that demonize the _total_ of another nation. > > Exactly. I think that @100% of English speakers know that "Axis of Evil" > refers to nations, not peoples. >
If that is true, then why wasn't it read that way in South Korea? I admit, they have some viewpoints that are rather different; like blaming NBC for showing a rampage by the Korean team after their boxer lost a fight that they thought he should have one at the Seoul Olympics. However, if one talks about Korea, one should think about getting one's message across accurately to Koreans. Dan M. Me: What tells you that it wasn't? The democratically elected President of Korea said that he wasn't upset by the statement - he said, in fact, that he knew what Bush meant. Not that you see that reported much, of course. I think it was gotten across accurately, it's just not in the interest of certain parties to convey that fact. Gautam
