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Fawke Em

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9. That's what I meant, above, too.

Reply to Aerows (Reply #6)

Thu Aug 7, 2014, 12:20 AM

Aug 2014

It's hard to use the phrase when more and more people realize it doesn't only applies to people of the Jewish faith and that it applies to a variety other people.

I should be able to criticize ANY government without being called a name implying that I'm in any way bigoted, particularly when the name has been misused for decades anyway.

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the article was on jewish school kids in australia and people bring up the israeli/palestinian JI7 Aug 2014 #1

Darn. I thought this thread was going to be about how wrong the Fawke Em Aug 2014 #2

we know exactly what it means in the way we are discussing it , one could look up monkey JI7 Aug 2014 #4

Well, that's exactly my point. Fawke Em Aug 2014 #5

there are many words used in ways that aren't exactly like dictionary meaning JI7 Aug 2014 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author 1000words Aug 2014 #3

I don't want the term to lose meaning Aerows Aug 2014 #6

That's what I meant, above, too. Fawke Em Aug 2014 #9

Didn't they need that in a Star Trek episode? jberryhill Aug 2014 #7