metaphoria Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 They are not the same thing, to discriminate is simply to; "Make or constitute a difference in or between; distinguish, differentiate." (SOED definition) this isn't necessarily negative for example there was discrimination for boys under the 11 plus. "Discrimination of Christians" simply says that Christians are being differentiated from other groups, giving no indication of whether this is positive or negative discrimination. Given the way in which people tend to use the term 'discrimination' these days and a knowledge of the OPs political leanings it seemed unlikely to me that the discrimination was of a kind Indonesian Catholics like but strictly speaking the thread title is ambiguous I didnt't really understand this sentence, so I don't know how to reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphoria Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 its basically "against the....." Well don't be surprised as Christians are discriminated in Western world as well by the atheists and protestants......... But some christians are protestants, aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metaphoria Posted October 5, 2010 Share Posted October 5, 2010 Anyways, late response to this. 'Of' and 'against'... I suppose the devil is in the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted October 6, 2010 Author Share Posted October 6, 2010 OK just to clarify, take "of" as meaning "against" in the title. Sorry I thought it was evident enough from the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esme Posted October 6, 2010 Share Posted October 6, 2010 Mod Note Title amended Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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