It is unclear whether the official policy applies to the words "Mr." and "Mrs." (Mister and Mistress) which are forms of "Master."
It is unclear whether the official policy applies to the words "Slav" or "Slavic," the origin of the word "slave."
News outlets reported that a "discrimination complaint" alleged "offended sensitivities." The media did not report whether any Slav or the descendant of a Slav made the complaint. No one asked the Slavic community for comments at all.
If it hasn't been done already, a complaint can be filed against the terms "Mr." and "Mrs." and "Slav" so that Los Angeles officials can expand their policy.
Reporters recounted that in 2000, the Los Angeles City Council supported federal legislation seeking reparations for descendants of slaves. Not a single reporter revealed how much money any Slav descendant might receive, nor even whether the Slavic community supports the legislation.
The word "slave" has the etymological root "Slav" because Slavs were often enslaved. "Slavic" refers to a lot of people, including Caucasian, Slovak (Czechoslovakian), Slovene (Slovenia & parts of Austria & Italy), Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and Russian.
Whites were enslaved around the world -- especially the Slavs, from whom the word is derived in both European languages and in Arabic.
According to the syndicated columnist Thomas Sowell, white slaves were still being bought and sold in Egypt years after the Emancipation Proclamation had freed many blacks in the United States.
Not only does slavery predate the U.S., slavery is a practice that socialists and communists perpetuated well beyond the end of slavery in the U.S., perpetuating slavery even into the 1950s, arguably beyond.
In addition to employing slavery, socialists and communists also employed genocide, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Communist China and the National Socialist German Workers' Party, slaughtered the most people, in that order.
For more on etymology, see: http://rexcurry.net/wordsmain.html
Dr. Rex Curry can be reached at: mailto:rexy@ij.net
HawaiiReporter.com reports the real news 12/1/2003 2:29:43
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slavs = славянин
glories = славы
The word "slave" has the etymological root "Slav" because Slavs were
often enslaved. Slavs were the origin of the word "slave" in European lanuages
and in Arabic. "Slavic" refers to a lot of people, including Caucasian,
Slovak (Czechoslovakian), Slovene (Slovenia & parts of Austria &
Italy), Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, and Russian.
The word is also related to the word "Serb," which is related to the origin
of the words "serf" and "serve" and "servitude," again via the same root
concept of "slave."
Throughout history, the Serbs have been situated between two important
cultures: the Byzantine East (Islamic East) and the Latin West. They were
subjugated into slavery by the Moslem Turks for over five centuries during
the Middle Ages.
After the collapse of the Soviet Socialism, Slavs and Serbs celebrated
freedom again.
The Slava watch factory and its property were expected to be rescued from
socialism and returned (sold) to the open market, economic freedom, and capitalism
as private property for retail development.
Today, the word "slava" has many meanings in Russia, Serbia and other countries.
"Slava" often is praise and glorification for deliverance from slavey. It
is often directed toward a saint believed to have interceded for deliverance.
A Slava sometimes celebrates the day that a family's main ancestor killed
his first Turkish soldier during the wars between Serbia and Turkey. Slava
celebrations have many parallels to Passover celebrations, including commemoration
of exodus from slavery.
The Slava celebration revived in Serbia after the fall of the socialist
regime in Yugoslavia.
Krsna Slava
The Slava is a unique and a distinct custom among Serbian peoples.
The word slava means celebration. This Serbian Orthodox observance is
called Krsna Slava and is similar to (Krsno Ime - Name Day) in other Orthodox
Christian traditions.
Christian missionaries not only converted Serbs to Christianity; but "Christianized"
the spiritual customs they practiced as well. In this way the missionaries
satisfied the peoples' psychological as well as spiritual needs. Because
of this and other proven benefits of the Slava among Serbs, the people yet
sing today, Niko Nema Sto Srbin Imade!
While most people observe the anniversary of their birth, the Serbs observe
the Slava. In a spiritual sense the Slava stands above a chronological birthday.
History and tradition suggest that the Slava came into existence among the
Serbs with their exodus from slavery.
Centuries ago, when a Serbian family accepted Christianity the Saint
commemorated by the Church on that day became the family's patron Saint;
that day each year then became a special observance. It was the birthday
of their faith in Christ, perpetuated from one generation to the next through
the male members of the family.
Among the most common Saints' names for the Slava one finds the names of
St. Nicholas the Wonder-worker, St. George the Great Martyr, St. John the
Baptist and Forerunner, St. Archangel Michael, Sv. Sava the First Serbian
Archbishop, Sv.Petka and many others.
There is a saying among Serbs, Ko Slavu slavi tome Slava
mu i pomaze! In translation this means, Whoever celebrates the Slava,
him the Slava helps! Rightly so, for according to the teaching of
the Church, the Church is the communion of all the Saints, in which Christ
abides. There is strong evidence that the intercession of the Saints is effective.
Accordingly, St. Paul advises us saying, "Give thanks to the Father, who
has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the Saints in light" (Col.
1:12).
The Slava has played an important role in the life of the Serbian people
throughout its history. Serbs are situated between two important cultures:
the Byzantine East and the Latin West. They were subjugated into slavery
by the Moslem Turks for over five centuries. The Serbs associated the Slava
with survival and the preservation of their ethnic identity. Perhaps it is
for that reason we hear the song: Niko Nema Sto Srbin Imade!
The Slavski Kolac (Slave Cake) is presented for prayers of blessing, along
with a glass of wine. Each of these items has symbolic meaning: the candle
represents the light of life in God. The bread symbolizes God and the quotation,
"I am the living bread which came down from heaven" John 6:51); finally,
there is a dish of boiled wheat (koljivo), which is blessed and served in
memory of deceased family members. The candle is never blown out but is extinguished
with wine. The same glass is then handed around the family circle and each
member takes a sip of it, thereby symbolizing the perpetuity of the Slava.
The scent of the incense binds together the emotions of all present on this
unique and festive occasion.
There are parallels to the Jewish Passover celebration of their exodus
from slavery. Even the evolution in the meaning of the word is similar.
The Slava has remained as one of the proven values and customs of the
Serbian people. It may be said that the Slava played an important role in
Serbian history, helping them to withstand centuries of religious proselytism
and persecution from the Latin West, as well as slavery and brutality from
the Islamic East.
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FOR LARGER : SOVIET SOCIALISM http://rexcurry.net/pledge-allegiance-pledge-allegiance.jpg
USSR
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics http://rexcurry.net/pledge-allegiance-pledge-allegiance.jpg
Socialist Slaves, Slava
Edward Bellamy, Francis Bellamy, Pledge of Allegiance, Looking Backward,
Swastika
Socialism is the dogma of National Socialist German Workers
Party http://rexcurry.net/swastika3swastika.jpg
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
SOCIALIST SLAVA http://rexcurry.net/swastika3swastika.jpg
SOCIALIST SLAVES.
