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According to Webster's Second International Edition with over 3200 pages, the word Henchman (from Middle English) means 1) an attendant, squire, or page, 2) the gillie or 'right-hand man of a highland chieftain; hence atrusted follower or supporter (Scott.), 3) a political follower giving active support esp. one whose support is chiefly a matter of personal advantage. The connotationYOU may ascribe to perfectly correct words of the English language should not be translated to an offensive tone YOU perceive. Evil is who...never mind. A simple statement about current politics should be just that. Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Adams" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 12:20 PM Subject: Politics-Final comment > To list: > After reading remarks showing both agreement with and criticism of my > posting about politics ,and then reflecting upon the subject, I believe > that I must amend what I wrote and amplify some statements somewhat. I do > not think I made my point very well. Sorry. Since then I have had a very > nice and reasoned email from one of the writers which I really appreciated > a lot. I now have a better understanding of her frustration. Having lost > both a wife and mother to breast cancer I have been quite frustrated also > at the ratio of research spending on that disease that as compared to that > spent on AIDS. My wife was only 36 when she died. Having the onset of PD at > my age does not affect me psychologically in the same way it would have 30 > years ago. > After thinking about it, I do agree that the topic of stem cell research > funding is irretrievably tied to politics and that it is impossible to > separate the two. But I still do not believe that this forum is the place > to engage in polemics , "partisan politics" or personal attacks and name > calling--example : referring to Bush's advisors as "henchmen" which has the > connotation of "a member of a criminal gang". Do some folks really believe > that? Probably, and there are forums to express their thinking. The > "henchmen" remark and bringing capital punishment and expenditures on > national defense into the discussion triggered my reaction I'm sure. > I still believe then, that political comments on this list should be > limited to the issue at hand, less the remarks that tend to distract, > weaken the valid points, and make some readers dismiss the opinion without > considering it. > Don A > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn