From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

Nope, prejudice is another thing. Some things have more/less words in
different languages, and then the whole tone of a sentence is easily
mistaken.


Antti Kurenniemi
(The Finnish word for "throat" is exactly the same as the Finnish
word for "cucumber" - go figure... ;-)

"Geo."  wrote in message
news:3e67f61c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> I think you are talking about the difference between prejudice and
> discrimination.
>
> Geo.
>
> "Antti Kurenniemi" 
wrote in message
> news:3e676193$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Thanks. There is a word in Finnish language for discrimination, and a
word
> > for "discrimination" like difference insurance rates
for people of
> different
> > ages, where the latter isn't exactly discrimination. So basically in
> Finnish
> > language there isn't such thing as "legal
discrimination" per se. So
> > "Explicit laws now forbid certain forms of
discrimination." does not
parse
> > well when I translate it to my language - that's what I was wondering
> about.
> >
> > Antti Kurenniemi

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