Nobel, Snowden, Pynchon

Thomas Eckhardt thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de
Mon Sep 23 14:35:12 CDT 2013


I object to you calling Angela Merkel a 'nazi bitch', and you accuse me 
of wanting to own the word 'nazi' and trying to prevent Jews in 
Manhattan from making it a funny word? I know coherence is not your 
strong suit but this is also rather nasty.

There is no need to reply. For me, this discussion ends here.

Thomas

> But here, and spcifically, on the yupper west side, where BE is 
> set, nazi is in common use, and like lots of words, like  bitch, 
> its meaning is determined by its context. Should Germans own the word, 
> prevent Jews in ManhaatN from making it a funny word?
>
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