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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:28 AM Original message |
"Holocaust" |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. BEWARE: The opposition's focus on this one word is A DISTRACTION from the central |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:46 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Rachel Maddow grilled Mr. Grayson on his use of the H... |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:58 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Yea - they're getting caught up in a distraction. I hope Dems support Grayson and don't |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. Here is a discussion on the topic with numbers of deaths (LINK) |
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NYC_SKP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
3. My older dictionaries make no reference to WW2. Languages change over time. |
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DaveinJapan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
4. Words do indeed change over time, and this one wasn't a good choice in this case. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:47 AM Response to Original message |
6. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I knew because, my old mean eighth grade English teacher... |
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LeftinOH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
7. OK: I holocausted my toast this morning. |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:03 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I did the same thing with my biscuits... |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. The religious right fanatics use the word "holocaust"... |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
11. Nobody owns the word "holocaust" and it was a word before |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:09 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Except that definitions change with the times |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. No it hasn't changed meaning |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I have to disagree |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Then use the definite article in front of it |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. What happened to the people in the World Trade Center... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:24 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. 100% correct n/t |
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JBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
12. The RW's demand for an apology will morph into apologizing about using that word. |
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ljm2002 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #12 |
30. Well if they do try that... |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
14. Polansky!!! |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:36 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Nope... |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
17. Also: |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
19. Yes, the mass destruction of people....the word totally fits in the context... |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
20. "Holocaust" + "Let's remember we should care about people even after they're born." = |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. "I suggest we stay off the back foot and keep attacking" |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Thanks! |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
26. The problem I have... |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Lack of treatment due to lack of insurance... |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:35 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Lack of treatment, yes...but... |
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Kadie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:41 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Even if the number of deaths due to lack of insurance is half of what is quoted in the study, |
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MidwestRick (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I agree |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-01-09 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
32. You can see right there just how it turned after 'complete devastation or destruction, esp. by fire' |
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