RE: virus: The Ideohazard 1.1

From: Jonathan Davis (jonathan.davis@lineone.net)
Date: Mon Sep 15 2003 - 11:04:25 MDT

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    "My point was that the term has been hopelessly diluted beyond such contexts
    to encompass almost anything. "

    Ok, fair enough, I accept your point. But like "racism", the term may have
    been abused so as to render itself near meaningless, but we still have
    racists and racism. That the term is abused does not remove the correctness
    of justified uses for the term.

    Regards

    Jonathan

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    From: owner-virus@lucifer.com [mailto:owner-virus@lucifer.com] On Behalf Of
    Kharin
    Sent: 15 September 2003 17:57
    To: virus@lucifer.com
    Subject: Re:virus: The Ideohazard 1.1

    " I have defined the term twice."

    In very broad and vague terms.

    "It has the antonym pro-American."

    I said in common currency. One almost never hears the term 'pro-American'
    being awarded, merely the converse as a slur.

    "If one is routinely hostile to France one might reasonably label one
    anti-France or Francophobe. "

    One might. So why doesn't one? As far as I can tell the term is solely used
    as a badge of honour by the same people quite happy to use the term
    anti-american.

    "That Kitchener or Palmerton were worried about anti-Brutishness is moot.
    Worries about anti-British sentiment were certainly on the minds of imperial
    administrators where hearts and minds were concerned in Ireland, India and
    Africa. "

    As I mentioned, the term had a specific military context. Equally, one could
    use the term anti-american in a specific manner with regard to present Iraq.
    My point was that the term has been hopelessly diluted beyond such contexts
    to encompass almost anything. 

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