That approach was already tried... several times if I remember correctly. Have you read past posts before commenting so harshly?
-------------------------------------------------- From: "tim" <z200...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 9:36 AM To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] champion Curry-Muncher So you dropped to his level just to prove your point? it's still flaming no matter how you try to approve it. i got it how about calling him by his name to show you are a adult that moderates the list. At 04:17 AM 10/22/2014, you wrote: >Hi Dark, > >No, Ishan is from India not South Africa. In any case my intent was >not to say anything quite as insulting as Curry-Face which I have >heard before and know to be fairly insulting. Even if I hadn't heard >it before it would sound insulting just by the context. > >However, speaking of cultural differences I know that when I was in >college a lot of people use to make fun of the Indian women they saw >around camp is. A lot of them would have cast markings on their >foreheads, basically a red dot to show they were unmarried, and of >course American students would joke about it around their backs >calling them disrespectful names like dots, dotties, dot-heads, >button-heads, and similar things which really were insulting. While I >would agree with them putting such cast markings on their foreheads >seems to me a bit silly or ridiculous I also know it isn't nice to >make fun of them for it since they come from a completely different >culture where such things are not only common it is expected behavior. > > >In any case I was only joking with Ishan, and no offense was intended. >I was more annoyed with him calling me Champion, Mr. Champion, or some >variant than I was interested in giving him a verbally insulting name. >If I wanted to do that I certainly could have found a number of ways >to do that. > > >On 10/21/14, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > > Hi Tom. > > > > This is probably a cultural thing, but in England I've often heard > > things > > like "Curry face" or similar remarks about indian food", used in quite > > a > > racist way against people from India on packistan. For example there was > > a > > reality program a while ago where one of the contestants got into severe > > trouble for constantly calling an Indian Lady "miss poppadom" > > > > Of course it's all about intention, however I must admit I was a little > > surprised when I saw you using the phrase, even though I know > your intention > > > > to be innocent and you wouldn't for example, (the way some > British people do > > > > when using such terms), call everyone from India "curry face" or similar > > as > > > > a general thing. > > > > Btw, isnt' Ishen from South Africa? I don't know what the sort of > > national > > food is like over there, but perhaps "curry" doesn't exactly fit. > > > > Beware the grue! > > > > Dark. > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
