Re: [OFFICIAL] NEW FT SHIPS!!

On Jan 29, 2004, at 2:00 AM, The GZG Digest wrote:
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 06:10:16 +0000
> From: Lachlan Atcliffe <u1m87@ugm.keele.ac.uk>
>
> I hate to pitch in on this one, but an Israeli friend of mine also 
> notes
> that "Sabra" is more normally connected with atrocities committed 
> during
> the war in Lebenon. In his words, it would be like calling a USN
vessel
> "Vietnam".
>
> If there are nicer connotations for the name, could some nice person 
> let
> me know?

That's the first time I've ever heard of this.
Sabra has always been for me a name for native Israelis - like the 
desert fruit: tough and prickly on the outside, sweet on the inside. My 
mom's a Sabra. Perhaps it's living in the States, but in my experience 
Sabra does not have that negative connotation. If I'm in the minority, 
however, I guess I'd rather change it as well. Am I really in the 
minority?