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Controversy Over “My American Holocaust?? Speech...
...semantic connotations since the horrible events of 1939-1945 in Europe. While unequivocally condemning the actions of the Germans in World War II—actions that “hijacked” the meaning of his favorite word—Webster has pointed out that “holocaust?? did not always have the stigma of being connected to arguably the greatest concentration of organized evil in human history. Originally, he says, holocaust was just a word, and with that in mind, Webster feels that “I, as a lexicographer and etymologist, have a duty...
...President Bush has proposed a $48 billion increase in defense spending this year. If we must defend an ally, we can do it on the ground, in the air, and at sea. We have gone 55 years—including an arms race that nearly brought us to nuclear holocaust??without using weapons of mass destruction in military attacks...
Kissinger was apparently referring to an incident in which Hitchens had defended an author’s right to publish a book in which questions about the Holocaust??s extent were raised...