everyone should have a good dictionary. . . .

[Laurence Horn]

On Nov 11, 2012, at 9:11 AM, George Thompson wrote:

> . . . especially when rioting.  From today's NYTimes (Sunday)
> In 2000, a tabloid antipedophile campaign led to vigilante attacks in
> which, at one point, a crowd
> confused<http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2000/aug/30/childprotection.society>
> the
> words pedophile and pediatrician and vandalized the home of an innocent
> doctor.
>
> There is a link in the on-line Times to a story from The Guardian, late
> August, 2000:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2000/aug/30/childprotection.society
>
> GAT
At least the two are cognates, so the rioters get part credit.  How about those poor podiatrists?

LH

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