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RE: Avast!
Posted by: John Griffiths ()
Date: May 08, 2001 03:34PM

<HTML>All,

This is what starts flame wars. Flame wars are not nice things to be in - witness the derogatory and inarticulate war of words against myself a few pages back on here.

I see by the last message - the one above mine - that we might be going this way again, which is a shame. Instead of wasting times on negative expressions we should have our say - and be done.

There have been some informed replies to George Duffy\'s useage of the term \'Jap\'. In terms of education, it is something I never knew. Likewise, ther term \'nigger\' which came from the River Nigeria and thus Nigeria. I know from my own experience that there are many black people who hate this term. Why? Because Nigeria was one of the slave capitals and thus the term is derogatory because it labels those who are called it as slaves.

Those who dislike George\'s use of this term have - by and large - had their say. Those who supported him had theirs too.

My own view? George is of an age when being \'politically correct\' didn\'t matter. We should allow him that and make our feelings known.

Yet as for flaming him for what he has done - that is bang out of order and should be stopped. Those capable of decrying a man his history show no respect nor acknowledgement for his small part in the war that allowed all of us here the right to free speech.

Let\'s stop it now. Subject done. Finished.

Aye,

John</HTML>

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Jap subs off Red Sea and Mozambique Nonny 05/03/2001 03:32PM
RE: Jap subs off Red Sea and Mozambique Antonio Veiga 05/03/2001 06:20PM
RE: Jap subs off Red Sea and Mozambique Yuri IL\'IN 05/03/2001 09:27PM
RE: Jap subs off Red Sea and Mozambique Yuri IL\'IN 05/03/2001 09:40PM
please don\'t call them jap Dave McQueen 05/04/2001 01:23PM
Is \&quot;Nipponese\&quot; acceptable to you? Nip- . 05/04/2001 03:03PM
RE: please don\\\'t call them jap Capt. George W. Duffy 05/07/2001 02:10PM
RE: Capt Duffy! kurt 05/07/2001 04:15PM
RE: Capt Duffy! Steve Cooper 05/07/2001 04:58PM
RE: Capt Duffy! kurt 05/07/2001 05:58PM
RE: Capt Duffy! Takeo 05/08/2001 02:09PM
RE: Capt Duffy! Werner Frank 05/09/2001 03:05AM
RE: Capt Duffy! Yuri IL\'IN 05/08/2001 01:26PM
Thats a shame Capt Duffy Dave McQueen 05/08/2001 08:34AM
RE: please don\\\\\\\'t call them jap Takeo 05/08/2001 02:04PM
RE: please don\\\\\\\'t call them jap Pat 05/08/2001 02:53PM
RE: Avast! John Griffiths 05/08/2001 03:34PM
RE: Avast! pat 05/08/2001 09:16PM
RE: Avast! Raimer Bruns 05/09/2001 12:28AM
RE: Avast! Pat John Griffiths 05/09/2001 04:10PM
RE: Avast! Pat pat 05/11/2001 03:08PM
RE: please don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'t call them jap Rainer Bruns 05/08/2001 05:28PM
RE: please dont pik on the Capt Andreas 05/09/2001 04:30PM
RE: please dont pik on the Capt CHOPPER 05/09/2001 09:19PM
RE: please dont pik on the Capt Takeo 05/09/2001 10:05PM
slang terms Craig McLean 05/10/2001 04:36PM


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