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Alex Martelli wrote:
Rob Arndt wrote: ... Whatever you say anti-semite terror puppet. I'd just like to point out that, since the Arabs are Semites every bit as much as the Jews are, anybody who's pro-Arab, whatever else they may be, cannot *by definition* be an anti-semite. Sorry, Alex, you're wrong here. The problem here is that you're making sense, and you assume that language should make sense too. But it doesn't, necessarily. The dictionary says that "anti-Semite" has specifically to do with hostility toward Jews, so that's what the definition is, period---regardless of what it looks like it *ought* to mean. (My source is www.m-w.com, in case it matters.) Really, since you play a game where you use the terms "Grand Slam Force" to refer to a bid that doesn't force to a grand slam, and "Unusual Notrump" to refer to a bid that everyone and his brother plays, you shouldn't be making a mistake like that. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() -- Adam |
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