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To: Yeti
The only purpose would be propaganda against a religion during a time when(rightly or otherwise) this classic motivational propaganda technique is being used by a major political party in a major nation during a time of war.

No the purpose would be to point out that the word is in widespread use by certain people and factions. Your definition above is worthy content for such an article, but not a reason for keeping it out. I point out the Santorum article due to the double standard, not necessarily the content. If you want to keep the vile content of Santorum then you must keep Islamofascism. If you want to delete Santorum then you must want to delete Islamofascism. Pick one or the other reasoning and apply it to both. Unfortunately, the process on Wikipedia tends toward keeping Santorum, and deleting Islamosfascism. That was my complaint since that double-standard applied in nearly any controversial debate I saw.

I saw the same people arguing for inclusion of Santorum who were arguing against Islamofascism using the exact opposite arguments. Their justification was based on content, not on overarching principles of inclusivity or standards.
79 posted on 09/11/2005 3:53:55 PM PDT by Arkinsaw
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To: Arkinsaw
I saw the same people arguing for inclusion of Santorum who were arguing against Islamofascism using the exact opposite arguments.

Well, if it's like that, then I guess I can understand how you could get frustrated. As The Beev has pointed out we're all biased toward our own POV. The article about the guy that made up the new definition of the word "santorum" seemed to me as if he had written it himself.

"Though Savage encourages sexual experimentation, he does not encourage carelessness. He frequently makes use of his position — that of a columnist with a large and loyal audience — to spread AIDS awareness and to promote safe sex."

To my thinking, the idea that promoting safe sex is a way to paint yourself a goody-good is a stupefied lefty poser meme. So, I can see some bias there, yes.

But I still think it's the best first stop when looking up something noncontroversial, like a medical term or an electrical device or a mountain range or a species of animal. You get a good overview of the topic and some very content-rich related links.

81 posted on 09/11/2005 5:04:33 PM PDT by Yeti
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