How about we all agree that the word itself, should not be used ever, it is not a very nice thing to call people, i mean, you dont see chinese people calling each other yellies... skin color should have no place on the list, so how about just, forgive and forget.... it is abit easier, or, rather just keep opinions to a consensus wich most of the list can agree upon , then you can speak to George however you like... I am just saying, it is enough about racism.. there is no place, and no talking it, it just plain sucks when it is done, we all know this, we all dislike when people would pick on things sometimes not in our control. I forgive George for his wording, i hope many others can also. cheers
On 8 October 2011 01:29, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:29:22 +0300, Georgi Guninski said: > > > i am by no way a racist. > > the OP specifically wrote "no offence intended". > > being a non-native speaker if someone is offended about skin colour it is > a language mistake of mine. > > Ya know, Georgi, you can't have it both ways. I realize that that you're > not a native speaker, and possibly not up to speed on all the ins and outs > of cultural and race relations over here. So I would actually have been > willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, that it was an honest mistake > and > you really didn't know that it had different meanings than if you had said > "The > black dude in charge". > > But then you go and stick "no offence intended" on it, which means that (a) > you > *did* understand the difference, and (b) you *didn't* go back and change it > to > "the black dude in charge" or something before you hit Send. And at that > point, > you forfeit any right to claim that it was a language mistake. > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html > Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ >
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