On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 02:23:11PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > That's a description of the term "banana republic", but colloquial I use > it for other countries with similar issues too. In Germany most people > won't call Islamic nations that kill their own and other people "banana > republic". When I call those nations "banana republics" the term I use > is much more harmless, then the terms that are usually used to describe > such countries.
Ralf, that's not what "banana republic" means. It refers to ... well, read the Wiki article. You can't just redefine the word because you wish it meant something else. "Corruption-riddled states ruled by strongmen" are just that, not "banana republics". -- Carl Fink [email protected] Read my blog at blog.nitpicking.com. Reviews! Observations! Stupid mistakes you can correct! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
