Jeroen, I have presented eight valid sources (most accepted **internationally** in their fields) that explain that proper usage of a particular word in English is not what you, in your opinion, consider the 'logical' definition of it to be.
You want me to accept that your postulated argument is more valid than the one I've proven? Show me the authorities and source materials that agree with you. Otherwise you're wrong, and I've proved my point. Jon >From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World >Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 22:16:12 +0200 > >At 17:40 02-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > >>Since both the Miriam Webster and American Heritage dictionaries are >>accepted as one of the authoritative sources for spelling and definitions >>of English, your definition of antisemitism as listed in your message >>(quoted above) is incorrect. In modern parlance, indeed in proper English >>usage antisemitism is defined as someone who is anti-Jew, not anti-Jew and >>anti-Arab. >> >>So, in reference to your statement: >> >>> > It is one of the major flaws in the "logic" of the >>> > fanatically-pro-Israel crowd. >> >>This is not a flaw in their logic. They are using the word properly and >>you are not. > >Sorry to disappoint you, but it is the other way around. > >If both Jews and Arabs are Semitic, than *by definition* the word >anti-Semitic must mean anti-Jew *and* anti-Arab -- just like >"anti-American" means "hatred of anything American" and not "only hatred of >anything Texan". What the pro-Israel crowd is doing, is ignoring part of >the meaning of the word because it does not suit their needs. > >But then, they really have no choice -- if they were to admit that >"anti-Semite" also means "anti-Arab", they would end up having to admit >that their logic is fatally flawed. > > >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 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
