Zionist-Occupied Government

[David Cruz]

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Larry Darby wrote:

> [snip]
> To understand the fallacy of calling someone anti-semitic, it's helpful
> to understand that "semitic" refers to a group of African-Asian
> languages, not Jews or any religion. Arabic, Ethiopic, Hebrew are just 3
> of several semitic languages.  Semantic terrorists who throw out the
> hate-based word "anti-semitic" are simply engaging in an offensive
> maneuver to stifle discussion.
> [snip]

With all due respect, this 'technical' definition of "semitic" (or
"anti-semitic") is just one usage commonly accepted today.  I suspect that
many people who may never (have occasion to) use the term "anti-semitic"
nonetheless recognize its wide use in conversation (and print) to mean
"One who discriminates against or who is hostile toward or prejudiced
against Jews" (to quote the American Heritage Dictionary of the English
Language 4th edition, a compendium of actual usages).  I therefore see no
fallacy and will not refrain from using "anti-semitic" (with or without a
capital S or a hyphen) if I believe it relevant to a discussion of the law
of government and religion, to which subject I hope *all* list members
will try closely to keep their posts.

David B. Cruz
Professor of Law
University of Southern California Law School
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0071
U.S.A.