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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