"Adam Beneschan" wrote in message
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Alex Martelli wrote:
Rob Arndt wrote:
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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.)

Logically, there should be no need for a dictionary definition of anti -
anything. All we need is the definition of the anything.

Just so I know what's currently PC, it is still incorrect to include
Iranians as Arabs, right?

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