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[alice wellintown]

Tom,

It's not a matter of coherence. You objected to my use of a particular
word. You claimed that this word has a very specific meaning.

You are mistaken.  I'm not saying you own the word or that you are
trying to censore anyone, prevent anyone from using the word. But
words simply do not work that way. Not even words like nazi and bitch.

I'm sure you know this, so I'll spare you the lesson.

I'm sorry if my attempt at humor failed and upset you.

But you can't blame me for your mistake. Not honestly.

Cheers,

A



You wrote:

 Call her 'Mutti', call her 'bank-owned', call her 'industry-owned',
insult her for executing the interests of the German economy to the
detriment of the peoples in southern Europe etc., I won't object. In
fact, I have been telling these things for years to everyone who cares
to listen. One thing Merkel is certainly not, though, is a Nazi. Words
have meanings, and 'Nazi' has a rather specific meaning. And 'Nazi
bitch'? Really, how low can you go? "Angela. She Wolf of the SS"?






On 9/23/13, Thomas Eckhardt <thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> 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?
>>
>>
>
>