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30 Jan 2004 @ 13:59, by Bruce Kodish

Linguistics Professor Lewis Gilbert writes about The Language War (Thanks to Israpundit for making me aware of it.

Gilbert notes that "...words do not exist in isolation; they inhabit intricate wordscapes and create the underpinning for powerful sets of values."

"...Advocates for Israel have fought a long and largely unsuccessful fight on this terrain. The term "peace activist" effortlessly scores a point about who is for peace and who is against it....The term "Palestinian," by association with "Palestine" - used unchallenged as the time-hallowed name for the Holy Land - sends a clear message as to who are the rightful inhabitants of the land....The times call for an urgent assessment of what we are being subjected to and for a quite new kind of training to deal with it. This training must not be limited to professionals. As in all modern conflicts, the entire community is at risk; it must therefore be familiarized with the propagandists' arts and trained to protect itself...."

Shades of Korzybski's Warnings!


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