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No.... there is no "virus" involved at all. Learn the
difference
between a virus, a trojan, a worm, a root kit....
nomenclature
is
important. Imagine if your doctor didn't know the difference
between a virus and a bacteria...

I'd hope my doctor would know that if it was "a", it's
bacterium
(-:
...

grammar nazi!

Not really; you think it's important to know the difference
between
a virus, trojan, worm, rootkit (and so on), as do I - but I
_would_
have
somewhat less regard for a doctor who said "a bacteria". OK,
it's
not
as important as knowing the difference between one and a virus,
but it's the sort of attention to detail that, if missed, would
make
me wonder what else the doctor might miss.

You must be seriously bored today. I have heard a number of
quite
good doctors say "a bacteria"... it is acceptable, because they
are
referring
to a group or family of bacteria. Biologists may talk about a
single
bacterium, but they don't just occur singly in an infection where
a
doctor deals with them. A doctor may refer to the group, such as
staph or strep or MRSA, as a bacteria.

Your quibbling over the inclusion of the "a" is what is called
being a grammar nazi.

:-( I'm really cringing at reading that, even though I wasn't
in
WWII.
I think it would be good if we'd all refrained from using that
term
so flippantly, as occasionally seems to be in vogue these days, as
there really was no humor in it for those who have suffered its
legacy,
many of whom are still around.

Apparently you aren't familiar with the humorous allusion the
Seinfeld's 'soup nazi'. The term nazi applies to far more than just
WWII.

No I'm not. But regardless of Seinfield, I stand by what I said.

If Seinfield (who produced the TV series) is too young to "get it"
(and I guess he is, since he was born in 1954), I can't help that.
We
all know, or rather SHOULD know, what that term connotates. And
platitudes don't cut it. There is nothing comedic about it.

Your opinion. "Nazi" is not a bad term.

It's not just "my opinion". The term is notorious. And how you can
even defend it is beyond comprehension. But then again, I wasn't
born in the recent decades, where the past and its legacies are long
forgotten. And I feel sorry for this generation.

I guess the old adage is true: as a society, we both forget, and never
learn much of anything, from the past. It's either forgotten, or
never even known. And on occasions, can even become a joking matter.

Maybe it wouldn't be so funny if some (including Seinfield and his
writers) were living in London at that time?? Or at the very least,
grew up with family who suffered through its legacy. There is nothing
funny about that term in ANY context. Then again, looking at society
today, maybe I shouldn't be so surprised.

Oh, come off your pontificating high horse, Bill. The term is not
"notorious", it is the name of Hitler's political party. Yes, they
waged a war of conquest and were responsible for the holocaust, that
doesn't make the word taboo, for god's sake. That's ridiculous. By
that standard, we can't mention the Emperor of Japan or Shintoism
either. Nor can we use any words involving the communist Chinese
because of their gross human rights violations. The word 'jihad' in
your world must be not allowed either in any humorous form of usage
because it is connected with terrorism.

Your condescending rant about forgetting the past and "not being old
enough" to understand the "legacy" is just pure BS. I grew up with
neighbors who had lived through the holocaust... there are still
survivors of it who, guess what, have a sense of humor and laugh at
Seinfeld's soup nazi. Your periodic berating of those slightly younger
than you that lack your "integrity" is getting old.

 

[glee]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Seinfeld Jewish to begin with?

Yes, but according to Bill, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David (both Jewish,
and invented the "soup nazi") are "too young"... even though David was
born in 1947 and both had Jewish parents. Apparently Bill confuses the
word nazi as a humorous modifier, with the Nazis and Hitler, which is a
specific reference.... and used in a totally different way.

I suspect Bill will dismiss the work of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony
award winner Mel Brooks (Melvin Kaminsky), born in 1926 of Jewish
parents and fought in Europe in WWII, who frequently uses Hitler and
Nazis in his comedy. He stated that by using Hitler and Nazis in
comedy, "we can try to rob Hitler of his posthumous power and myths."

I also suspect Bill will find all these films equally offensive:
http://www.screened.com/news/fighting-the-nazis-with-laughter-making-fun-of-nazis-on-film/2613/

To quote one comment on ran across on the subject of using terms like
soup nazi and grammar nazi (as well as phrases using gestapo as a
modifier):
"Nazi's were terrible, but that shouldn't mean we cannot use the word
casually, or symbolically, or as hyperbole. It's not the word that is
bad or the use of it. It is the action of being a Nazi, or being in a
gestapo that is objectionable.

 

[glee]

Yes, but according to Bill, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David (both
Jewish,
and invented the "soup nazi") are "too young"... even though David was
born in 1947 and both had Jewish parents. Apparently Bill confuses
the
word nazi as a humorous modifier, with the Nazis and Hitler, which is
a
specific reference.... and used in a totally different way.

I suspect Bill will dismiss the work of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony
award winner Mel Brooks (Melvin Kaminsky), born in 1926 of Jewish
parents and fought in Europe in WWII, who frequently uses Hitler and
Nazis in his comedy. He stated that by using Hitler and Nazis in
comedy, "we can try to rob Hitler of his posthumous power and myths."

I also suspect Bill will find all these films equally offensive:
http://www.screened.com/news/fighting-the-nazis-with-laughter-making-fun-of-nazis-on-film/2613/

To quote one comment on ran across on the subject of using terms like
soup nazi and grammar nazi (as well as phrases using gestapo as a
modifier):
"Nazi's were terrible, but that shouldn't mean we cannot use the word
casually, or symbolically, or as hyperbole. It's not the word that is
bad or the use of it. It is the action of being a Nazi, or being in a
gestapo that is objectionable.

....and one of the Seinfeld directors, comedian David Steinberg, was born
in 1942... his father a strict, Romanian-born rabbi. Before deciding to
go into comedy, Steinberg studied theology in Israel.

 

[Char Jackson]

Oh, come off your pontificating high horse, Bill. The term is not
"notorious", it is the name of Hitler's political party. Yes, they
waged a war of conquest and were responsible for the holocaust, that
doesn't make the word taboo, for god's sake. That's ridiculous. By
that standard, we can't mention the Emperor of Japan or Shintoism
either. Nor can we use any words involving the communist Chinese
because of their gross human rights violations. The word 'jihad' in
your world must be not allowed either in any humorous form of usage
because it is connected with terrorism.

Right on! Well said.

Your condescending rant about forgetting the past and "not being old
enough" to understand the "legacy" is just pure BS. I grew up with
neighbors who had lived through the holocaust... there are still
survivors of it who, guess what, have a sense of humor and laugh at
Seinfeld's soup nazi. Your periodic berating of those slightly younger
than you that lack your "integrity" is getting old.

I've noticed that Bill is nicer after he's had his Metamucil.

 

[Iceman]

In this group glee wrote in message

Apparently you aren't familiar with the humorous allusion the
Seinfeld's 'soup nazi'. The term nazi applies to far more than just
WWII.

Why not use the terms "fascist" and "fascism". It would cover your meaning,
but has much fewer connotations (the Holocaust, the Gestapo, etc.)?

Not trying to revive this old thread, just adding my five cents worth. ;-)