Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!floyd!trb From: trb@floyd.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Holy Land Message-ID: <1705@floyd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 21:55:16 EDT Article-I.D.: floyd.1705 Posted: Wed Jun 29 21:55:16 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jun-83 09:49:52 EDT Lines: 29 Randy, you ask an interesting question: Andy, now that you've told us what you wish to be called, does that change what you are? To many, Israel is the name of a nation, the Holy Land is where that nation is located. Looked at in this respect, is the insult removed? or increased? comments?.... I'm sure you've heard the well-worn adages about what's in a name. Let's say some person calls me a nigger-lover. Does that reflect on me or on the person who called me that name? It's a simple matter of one person treating another with disrespect, and it should be clear who gets cast in a bad light. Similarly, some people refuse to call Israel by the proper name which it prefers. To repeat a conclusion, It's a simple matter of one person treating a country with disrespect, and it should be clear who gets cast in a bad light. Just because I suggest that people call Israel by its proper name, it is not necessarily exclusively for my benefit. Andy Tannenbaum Bell Labs Whippany, NJ (201) 386-6491