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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (332420)	12/21/2002 11:08:32 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

check out 1 a, and b I think you need to take your quarrel up with the dictionary people. Perhaps they are defining the word poorly. Ignorance is not required. You can say that it is, but according to the definition it is not. You can, of course, choose to define words anyway you want to. It makes communication impossible, but sometimes that is of little matter to people. prej·u·dice ( P ) Pronunciation Key (prj-ds) n. 1. a)An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts. Please note the "or" in the previous sentence, it is important, and I think you may have missed that b)A preconceived preference or idea. No requirement that it be ignorant 2. The act or state of holding unreasonable preconceived judgments or convictions. See Synonyms at predilection. 3. Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion. 4. Detriment or injury caused to a person by the preconceived, unfavorable conviction of another or others.