18 Jun 09 14:53, ALAN HESS wrote to ROY WITT:


 RW>> Now that's an intelegent statement. When you release such a word to
 RW>> the masses, you will no longer have control over it's meaning. Just
 RW>> like this one.

 AH> I don't see citizens of the U.S. or elsewhere complain that being
 AH> called "Americans" is a misnomer.

I do...don't tell that to a certain Australian I know who calls Americans,
USAians. All people of the Americas, north and south, are Americans in his
eyes.

 AH> After all, just as Jews aren't the only Semites, USAans aren't the
 AH> only people who live in America (there are people in North, Central,
 AH> and South America, all of whom are Americans,

But don't tell them that. Many of our American neighbors refuse to refer
to themselves as anything but their country's name sake, as Americans from
Mexico are Mexicans, Brazil, Brazilians, Canada, Canadians, etc..

 AH>  but when anyone says "American," people know the word refers to
 AH> people in the United States,

Not at all. Many of our Europeon 'friends' refer to us as USAians and not
Americans.

 AH> and "America" means the United States,

Wrong again. That may be what we'd like them to think, but they're as
independent about calling us USAians, as you are for calling yourself a
Jew.

 AH> just as "anti-Semite" means anti-Jew.

Wrong. Anti-semite could mean any number of people who're also semite, as
in Palestinian, Jordanian or Iranian.

 AH>   It seems "anti-Semite" is the only not-totally accurate term with
 AH> which a few folks take issue.

It's very inaccurate because Jews seem to think they're the only semites
in the world who are hated by their brother semites.


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