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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:14 PM Original message |
Holocaust: Is the word only allowed to be used for one subject? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. Am I the only person who's ever watched The Princess Bride? |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. That's the first thing I thought of too |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. First thing I thought of as well. Until the movie, I had never heard of a holocaust cloak. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. "holocaust" with a lowercase "h" can be used in multiple contexts, IMO |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. If it furthers our agenda, a new definition is OK. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
4. I think it's a word that should be used sparingly...the term has definite |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And I think that that is a problem. |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I'm not sure it can be used in context...he may have meant it a certain way, |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
27. Too bad. They don't OWN the word. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Who's "They"? n/t |
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emulatorloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 04:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Republicans filled with false outrage n/t |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. "holocaust" as a common noun means "destruction by fire" |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. That meaning goes back to blood sacrifices by fire in the Bible, like Abraham and Isaac |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. like many words it has more than one meaning |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm a firm believer that there is a difference between a holocaust and The Holocaust n/t |
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Howardx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. +1 |
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connecticut yankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Agreed |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I agree... nt |
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old guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. I'm with ya. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Thank you for respecting our language |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. completely agree |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
17. The Holocaust is called the Shoah in Hebrew |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Ironically, it's rather close to "naqba" |
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gauguin57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
19. Tom Lehrer: "No need for you to miss a minute of the agonizing holocaust!" |
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mucifer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. great song that uses the term appropriately. Genocide. |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. The word should be used sparingly, like Nazi. Things will ease up in a few generations... |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I agree...people don't seem to realize that because of THE Holocaust |
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pennylane100 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. by allowing the term to apply to only one atrocity |
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invictus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 02:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. +1 |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
26. I usually love Rachel, but she drove me crazy with Grayson. |
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Balderdash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Yeah, me too vis-a-vie Rachael. |
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