> >Me: >>That's not the point, Jeroen. The man compared the Star of David to the >>Nazi swastika. Now, maybe he's not anti-semitic. Maybe he is. > >I would put it more strongly. In the U.S., only someone who was >anti-semitic would make such a statement. And only others who were >anti-semitic would defend anyone who made such a statement. > >Brad DeLong > >While I think so too, I have been told that he said this in a context that >made it less so. I can't imagine any such context, but I am willing to >extend the benefit of the doubt and say that I don't _know_ whether he is >anti-semitic or not. I just know that he had no business being on a >commission that was supposed to be impartial in its investigation. > >Gautam
But he's not a Merkan: he's a Yurpeen. In the Merkan cultural context what he means is unambiguous. In the Yurpeen cultural context it seems that there is a certain ambiguity as to what was meant... Brad DeLong "Take account of the context in which statements are made: where, when, and by whom. A Tandu who tapes a sign saying 'Kick me!" to your back means something different than a Tymbrimi who does so." -- Galactic Proverbs 3827:45(r)
