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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: DMaA who wrote (173568)7/14/2006 9:50:30 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793817
 
I have heard it used...

Since you're given me a perfect segue, I will take a moment for one of my periodic rants on the subject of abuse of language and the underlying sloppy thinking that confuses the concepts for which the words stand. <g> Just because we hear things used a certain way doesn't mean that that usage is apt and that we should perpetuate it.

in the sense of excessive deference to the feelings of Muslims

We have a term for that. It's called "political correctness."

compared to how they would treat non-Muslims.

And we have a term for that. It's called "hypocrisy."

As for the usage that the BBC referenced, "non-Muslims in the West are allegedly championing Islamic causes above others," that would be "Islamist sympathizer."

"Dhimmi" and "dhimmitude" are perfectly good words that mean what they mean. When people abuse them, they are either being ignorant or nasty.

So to accuse the Times of dhimmitude when they refuse to publish the image of Mohamed when they wouldn't think twice about printing a caricature of any other religious figure would be accusing them of being hypocrites or cowards

Two perfectly good words used correctly. To that scenario, "dhimmitude" does not apply. Hopefully, the editors at the Times and BBC know that and whoever you "have heard" using it in that sense will come to see the error of their ways.

End of rant.
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