Comments on: Just a word? http://horacek.com.au/blog/just-a-word/ Judy Horacek Tue, 02 Aug 2011 04:53:08 +0000 hourly 1 By: Karl http://horacek.com.au/blog/just-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-367 Karl Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:30:20 +0000 http://horacek.com.au/?p=1324#comment-367 The use of the term does offend me too. I ask people to replace 'nazi' with 'fascist'. I think too much light has been made of this use of the word 'nazi', eg Seinfeld and the Soup Nazi. I also feel that nazis have been over-stigmatised (at least comparatively) when compared with other brutal regimes which had/have policies of ethnic cleansing. We should not be concentrating so hard on one evil regime in the past, and completely miss other, equally evil regimes (Rwanda, Darfur, Yugoslavia, Palestine to name some), especially those which are here and now. The use of the term does offend me too. I ask people to replace ‘nazi’ with ‘fascist’.

I think too much light has been made of this use of the word ‘nazi’, eg Seinfeld and the Soup Nazi.

I also feel that nazis have been over-stigmatised (at least comparatively) when compared with other brutal regimes which had/have policies of ethnic cleansing.
We should not be concentrating so hard on one evil regime in the past, and completely miss other, equally evil regimes (Rwanda, Darfur, Yugoslavia, Palestine to name some), especially those which are here and now.

]]> By: Susan http://horacek.com.au/blog/just-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Susan Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:54:21 +0000 http://horacek.com.au/?p=1324#comment-163 Yeah, too right. This is similar to the idea of calling someone schizophrenic in their choice of music, or saying something shows schizophrenic designs, when the writer means conflicting, or eclectic. Schizophrenics have to deal with a lot of stuff in their lives (for example learning how to spell their disease) without being confused with another mental illness anyway!! (bi-polar is the illness that is often confused with schizophrenia) Yeah, too right. This is similar to the idea of calling someone schizophrenic in their choice of music, or saying something shows schizophrenic designs, when the writer means conflicting, or eclectic. Schizophrenics have to deal with a lot of stuff in their lives (for example learning how to spell their disease) without being confused with another mental illness anyway!! (bi-polar is the illness that is often confused with schizophrenia)

]]> By: katiemelb http://horacek.com.au/blog/just-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-162 katiemelb Sat, 01 Aug 2009 08:47:38 +0000 http://horacek.com.au/?p=1324#comment-162 Bravo, Judy! Great post. I especially love the last paragraph. Bravo, Judy! Great post. I especially love the last paragraph.

]]> By: janice merrett http://horacek.com.au/blog/just-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-83 janice merrett Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:57:07 +0000 http://horacek.com.au/?p=1324#comment-83 Judy I do so agree with you regarding the miss use of the word nazi. We should not regard it as a suitable insult for anyone who ‘gets up our noses’! So, now, like you I am probably regarded as some sort of nazi! Regards Janice Merrett Judy I do so agree with you regarding the miss use of the word nazi. We should not regard it as a suitable insult for anyone who ‘gets up our noses’! So, now, like you I am probably regarded as some sort of nazi!
Regards
Janice Merrett

]]> By: cherylynn http://horacek.com.au/blog/just-a-word/comment-page-1/#comment-82 cherylynn Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:18:50 +0000 http://horacek.com.au/?p=1324#comment-82 I agree Judy the real nazis were horrendously evil and use of the incorrect prefix is an obnoxious and demeaning description of the worst of humanity and very counter productive. I agree Judy the real nazis were horrendously evil and use of the incorrect prefix is an obnoxious and demeaning description of the worst of humanity and very counter productive.

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