----- Original Message ----- From: "Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 8:49 AM Subject: RE: Strong Words for Jeroen
> > -----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. > I think the Fonz just jumped the shark tank in this thread. Dan M.
