Posted by verne on November 30, 2004, at 18:52:40
In reply to post-iotatas » Lou Pilder, posted by Toph on November 30, 2004, at 9:27:09
Toph,
I don't think you did anything wrong using the word "holocaust". The word has been around long before what's referred to as "The Holocaust".
Reminds me of the director Spike Lee (is that his name?) who sued the Spike TV channel for rights to the word "spike". He was serious.
He lost of course. The results would have been holocaustic. We could no longer "spike" the ball in volleyball, drive a spike on the railroad, spike a drink, or just use the word "spike" when we ran out of vocabulary.
verne
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