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From: parnass@ihuxf.UUCP (Robert S. Parnass, AJ9S @ Bell Labs, Naperville, IL)
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Subject: Re: semantic vs. Semitic
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Date: Thu, 3-Nov-83 12:14:56 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  3 12:14:56 1983
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       In  another  elightening	 USENET	 masterpiece,  Mike   Hodge
       asserts:

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			 "... as to the	difference between  zionism
		 and semantism.
		  A semantic person is a Jew,a Zionist is a radical
		 terrorist  using all of the tools of terror to	try
		 to achieve the	goals of the  Jews.   I	 myself	 am
		 anti-zionist	but  not  anti-semantic.   I  don't
		 support any terrorist group, but  I  have  nothing
		 against the Jews"
				  Mike Hodge
				 University of Oklahoma
	---------------

       The American Heritage Dictionary	of  the	 English  Language1
       contains	the following entries:

	  o+ semantic  -	 (adj.)	 Pertaining  to	 meaning,  esp.	 in
	    language.

	  o+ Semitic
	       o+ adjective
		   1.  Of or pertaining	to the Semites,	esp. Jewish
		       or Arabic.
		   2.  Pertaining to a subfamily  of  Afro-Asiatic,
		       including Arabic, Hebrew, and Aramaic.
	       o+ noun
		   1.  The Semitic subfamily of	languages.
		   2.  Any one of these	languages.

	  o+ Zionism
	      1.  A plan or movement of	the Jewish people to return
		  to Palestine
	      2.  A movement to	the re-establishment  of  a  Jewish
		  national homeland and	a state	in Palestine.


       Perhaps we should be discussing the public school system	 in
       America.	:-)

       __________

	1. Dell	Publishing Company

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