I'm not actually sure what you're trying to say. Personally, if someone asks me not to call them something I follow their wishes out of respect.
For instance, my asian friends don't care for the term "oriental". And from talking to Deanna who lived in Africa for a little bit, I know they aren't all involved in "on going slaughter of others". -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 10:54 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Stratfor: WMD in Iraq. The issues involved. > > > This is merely evidence of the winds of change as one passes > through time. When I was a teen, those words were never > intended to be offensive, but more descriptive. Members of > the ethnic minorities whom the words were descriptive, > used them, (and still do today) usually still descriptive in > nature. That > being the case, it is evidence of diversity even within a > particular ethnic group. Especially interesting is that > depending on the ethnic origin of the speaker, the words are > offensive, and when used by others, they are not considered > offensive but descriptive. On the other hand, ethnic > discrimination in most every other nation on the planet is a > matter of law and custom. In the Arabic countries, it is > tribal rivalry used as the "nice" way to describe the > inter-ethnic hate. In the oriental countries, especially > China, the ethnic > Chinese lay claim to ownership of any country out side of > theirs when the ethnic Chinese near or become the majority. > In Africa, ethnic differences (perhaps tribal differences?) > result in the on going slaughter of others. These are but > two examples, but many more exist, and are alive and well. If > a particular group measures their social standing in society > in general by the omission of these particular words in use > around them, I think their self-esteem badly needs repair. > It has been human nature to "label" one person or another, > and usually these labels are painted with a wide brush. They > should never be considered as an accurate depiction of any > particular person or group, but taken with the usual grain of > salt. It seems only in the US there is a climate of genuine > diversity, some still feel uncomfortable with, but take > offense at mere words, while at the same time consider it ok > if they themselves include them in their common vernacular. > Ahhh, let freedom ring! > > > ====================================== > Stop spam on your domain, use our gateway! > For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com > ISP rated: http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=772 > ====================================== > If you are not satisfied with my service, my job isn't done! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 9:59 AM > Subject: Re: Stratfor: WMD in Iraq. The issues involved. > > > | Some people laughed. If you're a white anglo-saxon > protestant type - > | they have little meaning, if you're of one of the groups that those > | words have been directed, they hurt and are very offensive. > I am not > | advocating censorship, just respect for others, and so a bit of > | discretion is needed. > | > | larry > | > | >They used to say those words on Saturday Night Live. And > people used > | >to laugh cause the jokes were funny. > | > > | >will > | > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
