> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Marvin Long, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Geen
> Aan: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Onderwerp: RE: Strong Words for Jeroen

> > There is no reason to apologise. I pointed out that:
> > 1. the Nazis wanted a place for their own people;
> > 2. the Israelis want a place for their own people to live;
> > 3. their goals are therefore identical.
> 
> The problem with the comparison is that the Nazi version of Lebensraum
> included a mandate to exterminate all non-Aryan people, most notably
> Jews, to accomplish that goal.  The comparison therefore implies Israel
> has resolved as a founding principle to exterminate all non-Jews in the
> Holy Land.
> 
> That's how language works, whatever your actual intent.

I have repeatedly explained that I was only pointing out a common goal (a
place to live). I have also explicitly stated that I am not comparing
*actions* but only the common *goal*.

No matter how language works, if people still want to see things that are
not there and ignore my explanations, then they are only deluding
themselves; they are beyond help.


Jeroen

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