Well, as one who lives not too far from the people referred to as "hillbillies," I find the term to be more descriptive of the person using it than the people to which it refers. That's not to say the originator is a hillbilly - because clearly he's not, or else he wouldn't have used the term in the first place. But it says a lot about someone when that person uses derogatory terms, especially knowingly. You can't just hand-wave that stuff away, even by pointing out that the group in question is small or underrepresented in present company.
Way to go. On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 4:12 AM, Phil Haigh <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 22 January 2013 22:16:10 UTC, Jon Kiparsky wrote: >> >> >> What's the insult? >> >> > Here we go: > " > >> >> Hopefully you understand that the word "hillbilly" can be offensive to >> people? >> > > Yes, that's intentional. " > > By his own admission, the use of a term that he has acknowledged can be > offensive, without withdrawing or clarifying, to label everybody from a > country that uses more than one system of units of measurement. Which I > suspect is pretty much the whole world. Way to go. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/i3AtTZW2zVoJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- Joseph B. Ottinger http://enigmastation.com *Memento mori.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
