On Apr 7, 2010, at 12:33 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote:
>> Again, no geologic basis for this.
>>
> i) We were not talking about geology.
Really? Continents have no basis in geology? Plate tectonics either?
Your constant playing with the trolls seems to have rubbed off on you:
ignore scientific explanations when they don't fit your agenda.
>> IOW, don't be so pedantic about a word having drifted from its original
>> meaning to something different.
>
> i) They have drifted because of use. I am therefore entitled (without
> being pedantic) to try and drift it again to a more precise meaning.
Well, until it becomes commonplace, it is indeed pedantic to insist
that your uncommon usage is the correct one.
> ii) I wouldn't mind so much if you called people from USA something
> else, "assholes" or whatever. But you are using a term that properly
> addresses my country as well as many other countries too.
I'm sure that there are quite a few assholes in your country, as well
as every other country on the planet.
> iii) It is good to remind some of you people that you are not the center
> of the universe, not even a continent nor a subcontinent, but just one
> of many countries. Kind of telling them "memento mori" or "respice post
> te. Hominem te memento" or the better known "sic transit gloria". Many
> of your leaders would need a slave at their backs whispering this.
Now we are getting to the heart: it has nothing to do with accuracy; it
has to do with your political viewpoint. It would be much more refreshing to
not hide behind linguistic arguments and simply stick to political arguments.
Remember two things:
1) Not everyone in the US who uses the term 'American' sees the country as the
center of the universe.
2) Getting those in the US who do see this country as "the best" (whatever that
means) to stop saying 'America' when referring to just the USA will not change
their POV one iota. They will continue with the jingoistic rants no matter what.
-- Ed Leafe
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