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I would like to stop this nationalism/offense
discussion because it is out of the scope of the list.

I did not take this as an offence.
The meaning of the word "nationalism" is irrelevant here.
I only wanted to reject the statement that my
frequent talks on Russian books and Russian equipment
is motivated by some "nationalistic feeling".
Alex.

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Yourname Here wrote:

> Frank,
>
> Here's is a definition of nationalism at  four levels of common useage. Why 
you feel the need to go beyond the normal and generally accepted definaition 
of the word as I used it in 1., smacks of trying to make an issue where no 
issue should exist. This is not the first time when something innocent was 
said , that Alex took offense. Others may recall his great upset when a 
Swastika was mentioned when discussing a Kreigsmariie sextant. What 
absurdity.
>
> Joel Jacobs
>
> nationalism
> n 1: love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it [syn: patriotism] 
2: the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any 
other [ant: multiculturalism, internationalism] 3: the aspiration for 
national independence felt by people under foreign domination 4: the doctrine 
that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain 
their goals [ant: internationalism]
>
> Source: WordNet ? 2.0, ? 2003 Princeton University
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> -------------- Original message from Frank Reed : --------------
>
>
> Joel Jacobs wrote:
> "Alex's nationalism leads him to use a Russian source at every opportunity.
>
> Ahem. Alex Eremenko is most certainly not guilty of nationalism. Perhaps you 
are unaware that this word has a specific --and usually negative-- political 
meaning. He might be a less than perfect bargain-hunter, but that's no crime! 
:-)
>
> -FER
> 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N 72.1W.
> www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars

   

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