jayig my nomination was to maintain consistency. It wasn't a political
message of any sort. You are welcome to use the word Jew on any article but
when it comes to categorization "people" should be used with it for
consistency among other reasons.
- Cool Cat
On 2/8/07, jayjg <jayjg99(a)gmail.com> wrote:
No, it was not a sarcasm. When used as a verb or adverb, "Jew" is
offensive. When used as a noun, it is not, and, as the American
Heritage Dictionary points out, implying that the word "Jew" is
inherently "vulgar" can, in itself, be offensive. There's nothing
wrong with the noun "Jew", let's not be afraid to use it
appropriately; there's no need for wordy circumlocutions like "Jewish
person" when "Jew" works just fine.
On 2/8/07, Cool Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Was that sarcasm? I am a bit confused. Based on
that the usage of the
word
Jew can be used in a vulgar manner, something we
clearly want to avoid.
- Cool Cat
On 2/8/07, jayjg <jayjg99(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/8/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/5/07, Cool Cat <wikipedia.kawaii.neko(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2007_F…
> > >
> > > I proposed a rename as per wikipedias categorization scheme, we
add
> "people"
> > > to any ethnicity. There appears to be a number of panic
"oppose"
> votes. What
> > > do you think?
> >
> > For what it's worth, I do find the formulations "Jews",
"American
> > Jews" etc rather awkward and find they have unfortunate
connotations.
"It is widely recognized that the attributive use of the noun Jew, in
phrases such as 'Jew lawyer' or 'Jew ethics', is both vulgar and
highly offensive. In such contexts Jewish is the only acceptable
possibility. Some people, however, have become so wary of this
construction that they have extended the stigma to any use of Jew as a
noun, a practice that carries risks of its own. In a sentence such as
'There are now several Jews on the council', which is unobjectionable,
the substitution of a circumlocution like Jewish people or persons of
Jewish background may in itself cause offense for seeming to imply
that Jew has a negative connotation when used as a noun."
The American Heritage(r) Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
"Jew" is not a dirty word.
Jay.
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