--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > _Associated Press Pop-up Link_ > (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_DEAN? SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-07-26-19-19-42) > Howard Dean needs to choose his words a little more carefully. Hebrews aren't the > only Semitic people, Arabs are also semites.
Yeah, but "anti-Semitic" refers to bigotry against Jews, specifically, not Semitic peoples in general. The term was coined in the 1880s for that very purpose. Dean could have delivered his (well-deserved) criticism of Maliki without using the inflammatory word, though. He was just setting himself up for criticism. 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/
