--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In [email protected], off_world_beings > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > The word is no longer associated with those who hate > > > Jews. The word as it's used in modern politics and > > > the modern press has, sadly, degenerated into a tool > > > used to silence and suppress any criticism of Israel > > > and current Israeli policies. > > > > There is a dichotomy in those two last statements that I can't > > get my head around. > > That's because, IMO, you're sane and rational. :-) > Unfortunately, this is not universally true. And > there *are* individuals and groups on this silly > planet who throw around the term 'antisemite' in > a conscious attempt to stifle criticism of the > state of Israel. >>>
Agreed, but only in redneck circles, not in the circles I travel in. <<<In very much the same way that > a few TMers feel the need to label and stigmatize > anyone who dares to criticize either Maharishi > personally or the TM organization as an "anti-TMer." >>> No , Anti-Jewish is bad, no-one cares about someone being anti-TM. The only thing that I think is rather pathetic is when it comes across as fundamentalist (irrational) anti-TM. It is more a problem for the fundamentalist's own evoltion than for the reader. > Both terms are used in this context as "thought > stoppers." The intention is to demonize the critic > and convince others to pay no attention to the > criticism itself because the critic is an "antisemite" > or an "anti-TMer.">>> Do you have a better word for an anti-TM'r? One could write TM- critic I suppose. Is that better? > > Don't get me started on modern Newspeak, the words > that have been perverted to connote something com- > pletely different than what they really mean, or > to hide what they really mean. I tend to rant. :-)Just think of the word "collateral damage." What > does this near-pornographic euphemism *really* mean? > It means killing civilians -- men, women and children > -- blowing their bodies into tiny, bleeding pieces. > It means blood and screams and suffering and untold > horror. >>> The warmongers are blind to this. They have some kind of brain damage or genetic defect, that allows them to turn a blind eye, but, in time, they reap the terrible karma they sow. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
