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Old 06-10-2007, 07:44 AM   #3 (permalink)
Shek
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Originally Posted by Swift Sword View Post
Sir,

[GOOD NATURED POKE IN THE RIBS MODE ON]

It took how long for us to figure this out?

I think ol' Sun Tzu told us something about this.

[GOOD NATURED POKE IN THE RIBS MODE OFF]

Have a good afternoon,

William
W,

I'm afraid we haven't figured it out, or at least Diana West hasn't. Even when we get the concept correct, we don't use the language correct (and I've been guilty for the longest time of this ). Why call the irhabi jihadi, when the latter invokes righteousness, while the former focuses the discussion on the munafiquun instead?

BTW, I forgot to link to the original WAB post on the use of language in this conflict with the pan-Islamists, Words Have Meaning.
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