tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post6565571923661852674..comments2024-02-15T03:29:30.431-06:00Comments on Rome of the West: New Junior Dictionary DebutsMark S. Abelnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-27329721210311399032008-12-08T23:36:00.000-06:002008-12-08T23:36:00.000-06:00Forget about black helicopters, unmanned combat ai...Forget about black helicopters, <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCAV" REL="nofollow">unmanned combat air vehicles</A> are all the rage these days.Mark S. Abelnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-19375190025949662172008-12-08T18:25:00.000-06:002008-12-08T18:25:00.000-06:00sure those are hueys flow by the Army and Air Forc...sure those are hueys flow by the Army and Air Force at Fort Rucker in Alabama no conspiracy behind them!Kestrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643316680350255931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-23282631225129768852008-12-08T16:11:00.000-06:002008-12-08T16:11:00.000-06:00"Dictionaries ought to be as large and comprehensi..."Dictionaries ought to be as large and comprehensive as possible"<BR/><BR/>Absolutely. <BR/><BR/>Puma, it is a common knowledge that if you want to get the populace to adhere to a certain doctrine you do it through language... hence granting legitimacy where it previously did not exist. <BR/><BR/>EX: There is no legitiamte physological diagnosis "homophobia", yet the term exists and has become accepted as a real medical condition. <BR/><BR/>Black helicopters abound!The Crescathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117353945124506952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-46758069070181523042008-12-08T13:09:00.000-06:002008-12-08T13:09:00.000-06:00Puma,According to a statement by the editor, the c...Puma,<BR/><BR/>According to a statement by the editor, the changes were specifically made to make the dictionary multicultural, tolerant, and urban.<BR/><BR/>Multiculturalism and tolerance are code-words used in political discourse, and in practice usually shows much self-hatred.<BR/><BR/>For example, I've heard the story, from Peter Kreeft, about a Jesuit university that took down all of the crucifixes from its classrooms, so as not to offend non Catholic students. This is tolerant and multicultural, right? But according to the story, a Jewish and a Muslim student were highly annoyed because by doing this the university assumed that they must be bigots who would be offended by a crucifix. Rather, the truth appeared to be that it was the university administration itself which was offended by the crucifixes, thereby showing self-hatred.<BR/><BR/>Self-hatred, from the point of view of moral philosophy, is a vice directly opposite from bigotry, and makes the error of going to the opposite extreme from racism. Foolhardiness and cowardice are likewise opposite vices, with true courage is in between. So a virtuous man would neither be racist towards others nor have hatred for his own kind.Mark S. Abelnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692448528819277158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-68275345234220014612008-12-08T12:24:00.000-06:002008-12-08T12:24:00.000-06:00so purchase them a different publishers dictionary...so purchase them a different publishers dictionary! Everything seems to be a sinister plot, here. Is there good and evil? Absolutely! But to rant about a damn dictionary published by the Oxford Press is so far off the mark! A kid is not going to look up sin unless they are influenced by something else.....perhaps if Priests, Nuns, Mothers and Fathers did a better job we wouldn't need to go to a dictionary for its meaning anyway!!! Instead of looking to blame the weeknesses of society on the "boogey man" perhaps we should look inward first!Kestrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643316680350255931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-8851537325839492572008-12-08T09:14:00.000-06:002008-12-08T09:14:00.000-06:00pfft. One goes to a dictionary to look up words of...pfft. One goes to a dictionary to look up words of which one does not know the meaning. Every kid -- er, "junior" -- knows what an "MP3 player" is. They need to know what "sin" is.Patrick Kinsalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764291621202077180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-1033859209223064282008-12-08T08:10:00.000-06:002008-12-08T08:10:00.000-06:00Mark do you chase black helicopters too!Mark do you chase black helicopters too!Kestrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643316680350255931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9437006.post-12029822480038410292008-12-07T21:19:00.000-06:002008-12-07T21:19:00.000-06:00http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7705922.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7705922.stmThe Crescathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06117353945124506952noreply@blogger.com