tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post8245698323310916592..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Rape - 2Yaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-53390364823172019152007-12-30T18:46:00.000+02:002007-12-30T18:46:00.000+02:00No matter what the small letters are, he came thro...No matter what the small letters are, he came through as a complete idiot. Every newspaper (at least in Israel) has a few. Not much to worry about...SnoopyTheGoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00920565522498918323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-16318729069520644282007-12-30T05:10:00.000+02:002007-12-30T05:10:00.000+02:00This seems strained to me. As you say, he was prob...This seems strained to me. As you say, he was probably speaking in English initially and could not have been unaware of the meaning of the word in English. Certainly 'rape' in English cannot be used to mean more generically 'coerce' or 'force'. Try to imagine substituting 'rape' in the following sentences:<BR/><BR/>"If Prof. Jones provides citations, I shall be forced to change my opinion."<BR/><BR/>"He forced himself to concentrate."<BR/><BR/>"Some children have to be forced to eat green vegetables."<BR/><BR/>Landau must have known that there is a difference in English connotation between saying, "Israel must be forced" and "Israel must be raped."<BR/><BR/>Not that I agree with the former, either. It shows a high degree of recklessness, to put it mildly, and almost a self-hatred.<BR/><BR/>As to the Hebrew (in the highly unlikely event that *everything* was in Hebrew and this is all a result of mistranslation), is there no more generic word meaning "forced" in Hebrew that he could have used, such as one might use in the above sentences? Or would you use 'ones' or 'La'anos' as well when referring to forcing yourself to concentrate, your child to eat his veggies, etc.?Lydia McGrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00423567323116960820noreply@blogger.com