in article 41781941.85CF15DF@yahoo.co.jp, Eric Takabayashi at
etakajp@yahoo.co.jp wrote on 10/22/04 5:17 AM:

> http://www.onelook.com/?w=bigotry&ls=a
> 
> We found 15 dictionaries with English
> definitions that include the word bigotry:
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> General (15 matching dictionaries)
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> 1. bigotry : Merriam-Webster's Online
> Dictionary, 10th Edition [home, info]
> 2. bigotry : Encartaィ World English
> Dictionary, North American Edition [home,
> info]
> 3. bigotry : Cambridge International
> Dictionary of English [home, info]
> 4. bigotry : The American Heritageィ
> Dictionary of the English Language [home,
> info]
> 5. bigotry : Infoplease Dictionary [home,
> info]
> 6. bigotry : Dictionary.com [home, info]
> 7. bigotry : Cambridge Dictionary of American
> English [home, info]
> 8. Bigotry : Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
> [home, info]
> 9. Bigotry : Online Plain Text English
> Dictionary [home, info]
> 10. bigotry : Webster's Revised Unabridged,
> 1913 Edition [home, info]
> 11. bigotry : Rhymezone [home, info]
> 12. Bigotry : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual
> Dictionary [home, info]
> 13. bigotry : Webster's 1828 Dictionary
> [home, info]
> 14. bigotry : WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper
> [home, info]
> 15. bigotry : LookWAYup Translating
> Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
> 
> a sampling of the first entries:
> 
> Main Entry: big痂t疵y
> Pronunciation: 'bi-g&-trE
> Function: noun
> Inflected Form(s): plural -ries
> 1 : the state of mind of a bigot
> 2 : acts or beliefs characteristic of a bigot
> 
> Main Entry: big痂t
> Pronunciation: 'bi-g&t
> Function: noun
> Etymology: Middle French, hypocrite, bigot
> : a person obstinately or intolerantly
> devoted to his or her own opinions and
> prejudices
> - big痂t疇d  /-g&-t&d/ adjective
> - big痂t疇d疝y adverb
> 
> big・ot・ry
> noun?
> prejudice and intolerance:?intolerance toward
> people who hold different views, especially
> on matters of politics, religion, or
> ethnicity
> [Late 17th century. Formed from bigot, on the
> model of French?bigoterie?.]
> 
> Why yes, Ernest. I am a bigot. One who
> practices "bigotry".

Boy, you are too kind to me. Right when I decide that maybe it is not fair
to pick on you so much for your tendency you give me something that I can
use forever against you: Eric (the self-professed bigot)

You make things too easy for me.

> 
> Your accusation is right on the money,
> because all can see what I think of
> "opinions" or "views" differing from my own
> "opinions" or "views", because for example, I
> will never accept that such as Japanese or
> Germans (only) should be criticized for WWII
> history or killing of civilians, nor will I
> listen to excuses such as yours for the
> wrongdoing of America or Americans, or
> covering them up.
> 
> I am proud to be such a bigot. I am not the
> one claiming (on this thread) one country's
> people or history are better than others, or
> that one country's people or history are more
> deserving of criticism.
> 
> So what are you?

What am I? I am someone who knows the difference between the sins of
particular people, like the Japanese military, and the sins of an entire
country.

You on the other hand, the self-proclaimed bigot, are way too eager to
extrapolate the sins of people in a country to the entire country.

By the way, thanks again for making it so easy for me.

> 
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