Mesaĝoj: 6
Lingvo: English
Umlaŭto (Montri la profilon) 2007-novembro-07 18:22:47
mnlg (Montri la profilon) 2007-novembro-07 18:38:32
I've seen "por" used as a verb for that, "mi poras la proponon". I think however I would translate "I am pro-X" with "mi favoras X:n". There could be better ways, though. Evidently I do not argue much
erinja (Montri la profilon) 2007-novembro-08 02:36:02
First - in my opinion, you could also use -subtena as a suffix in instances like this; viv-subtena, elekt-subtena.
But more specifically, related to anything that is colloquial in nature, I personally like to use Esperanto wording that is a little more descriptive. In US English, these euphemisms "pro-life" and "pro-choice" are generally understood. But in Esperanto, where people aren't always aware of the cultural background behind these euphemisms, I might choose to go with the more straightforward "kontraŭ-aborto" (or "kontraŭ-aborta" in the adjective form), or "favora al abort-rajto" for the other end of the spectrum.
It's a little more wordy than the pithy "pro-life" and "pro-choice" that have come to dominate US political discourse, but I think it's clearer for an international audience (who may understand "pro-life" to mean "anti-death penalty" and "pro-choice" to mean anything at all, it's so vague)
[Hi Umlaŭto! I'm living in Maryland now, but the MIT group is now meeting twice a week, once for lessons and once for conversations, so you can still feel free to drop in whenever you feel like it]
Umlaŭto (Montri la profilon) 2007-novembro-08 05:22:42
(Also: Hi, Erinja! I once showed up at the MIT Esperanto study group a few times before I got too [busy|lazy].)
Filu (Montri la profilon) 2007-novembro-08 14:38:38
I just thought about the suffixes -ist and -ism, the former as understood in esperantisto and not in laboristo...
But like Erinja mentioned, vivisto and vivismo could be interpreted as a philosophy of live and let live in a very broad approach, or as a position in the death penalty debate, and elektisto (elektismo) could be just about anything...
erinja (Montri la profilon) 2007-novembro-08 17:10:03