Yes. and?? You might be surprised to know that if you get far enough away from any interstate highway, you will find communities where racism is not just the domain of a few loons, it is the accepted worldview. In those places they might use the word 'Negro' or 'colored person', and those are the polite terms.
I don't personally use the word except to point out the fact that those terms are not dead. -----Original Message----- From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 10:02 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: O. M. G. Did you really just use the word negro in normal conversation? Billy Cox wrote: > If you're running against a black candidate, maybe you have to > nominate a VP that can relate to those who can't see themselves voting > for a Negro. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 4:53 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: O. M. G. > > > Just saying what people outside the US see this as: > racism. > > They view the other ticket as being so completely ludicrous that the > only reason people would vote for them if undecided is racism, or > utter stupidity. > > 2008/10/1 Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> The lady - a VP candidate - can't name 1 newspaper. Can't even make >> one up. >> >> McCain has had, what, 3 bouts of cancer and he's pushing 80? And he >> won't release his medical records? >> >> And people would still vote for this guy? >> >> Has the country lost it's mind? I'm just flabbergasted. >> >> Seriously. Give me a show of hands. Who thinks this lady is >> qualified to be president? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:271735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
