I wasn't passing judgment on his racism, or lack thereof, but merely the
precision of his syntax.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Rich Thomas
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Yes, that is what he means, using the Eurocentric designation (orient
rising sun east, that sort of
Thanks Clay. I was pretty happy to dodge that one too.
That is the second time I have had a similar near miss with the car.
I think perhaps its low power is what saved me in the sense that the
other driver took off quicker than I did and was ahead of me rather than
beside me. Given the size of
last i heard, asian is PC but oriental is not, but the rules change all
the time.
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I wasn't passing judgment on his racism, or lack thereof, but merely the
precision of his syntax.
I am at a loss here. Is
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So I was talking to my (then much younger and very PC) daughter and
committed the unpardonable sin
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I wasn't passing judgment on his racism, or lack
Are russians asians? There is a lot of that country stuck on asia. And the
people on the steppes? Asian? The Indian indians do not like being called
asians. Must be the mountain range separates them from china makes them non
asian. Are we needing to drill down fully so that we cover all
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Ot
On Sep 10, 2013 4:41 PM, Dan Penoff d...@penoff.com wrote:
A parent of one of my son's friends is from Dutch Guiana. She refers
to people by the color of their skin.
When I asked her about this, she said
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But they are not a carpet. That is racist to say a middle eastern rug is
oriental. If the thing is made in china, it can be oriental.
clay
On Sep 10, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
Neither is particularly descriptive in a useful way
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last i heard, asian is PC but oriental is not, but the rules change all
the time.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Richard Hattaway rhatta
And BTW, my Asian ex spouse never caused an accident and was a very capable
driver, despite having been chauffered around as a child of an upper class
family in Burma before learning to drive on her own.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Andrew Strasfogel
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I wasn't
I wasn't passing judgment on his racism, or lack thereof, but merely the
precision of his syntax.
I am at a loss here. Is the term Oriental or Asian not politically correct any
more?
In my redneck area of the world, the two are the same, and neither is
considered offensive or racist.
Do I
There you go. Hope for everyone!
I'm thinking that riding in a car in Burma would be roughly equivalent
to driving around Boston from the age of 2 as far as experience with the
whole car deal goes. If you don't like how I drive, stay off the damn
sidewalk!
--R
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So I was talking to my (then much younger and very PC) daughter and
committed the unpardonable sin of saying that I bought some groceries at
the
Oriental Grocery
Do you mean Asians?
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 1:39 AM, clay redgh...@comcast.net wrote:
I am not impressed with the driving ability of orientals. I am pretty
sure the ones across the street are PLA spies. Been there two years and
seem to get new high end cars every six months or so. First it
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last i heard, asian is PC but oriental is not, but the rules change all
the time.
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I wasn't passing
of fact, not meant as anything denigrating?
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So I was talking to my (then much younger
, its been a good summer.
Anyway, last I heard it Orientals are carpets.
-Curt
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last i heard, asian is PC but oriental is not, but the rules change all
the time.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Richard Hattaway rhatta...@rocketmail.com
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I wasn't passing judgment on his racism, or lack thereof, but merely
the precision of his syntax
'Forgot to sign it - yes, 'tis I, 'tis I, 'tis I.
WILTON
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What happened to the terms for different races
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I wasn't passing
So if this works like other minorities then if you are Oriental or Asian
you can refer to your peers as Chinks and still be politically correct?
Mike
Who hopes someone besides me gets the humor...
On Sep 10, 2013 12:31 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
last i heard, asian is PC
i lived in a county with 100,000 asians and it was indicated to me that
oriental was not the preferred nomenclature, to quote a great sage of
our times. but i personally don't care as i don't get involved in these
sorts of PC things.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Andrew Strasfogel
Oriental is fine. It means Korean or Japanese.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Gary Hurst jabbahur...@gmail.com wrote:
last i heard, asian is PC but oriental is not, but the rules change all
the time.
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I wasn't passing judgment on his racism, or lack thereof, but merely the
precision of his syntax.
I am at a loss here
my daughter informed me with great delight that her bad teacher ended a
dispute between 2 students by screaming niggers ain't bad in band at
them. while i personally find this incredibly charming and have great
respect for his taking command of the situation, i cannot help but lament
the double
I guess I could have described the driver differently.
I might have used oriental or ??? but I was trying to be somewhat
conservative and not appear to be too red necked.
The fellow may have been Korean, Phillipino, etc.
Hard to tell since I am A) not an expert on that sort of thing, and B)
asian is a particularly bad way to say it as it excludes most of asia
from its designation.
On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Andrew Strasfogel
astrasfo...@gmail.comwrote:
I wasn't passing judgment on his racism, or lack thereof, but merely the
precision of his syntax.
On Tue, Sep 10,
, its been a good summer.
Anyway, last I heard it Orientals are carpets.
-Curt
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Politically correct is an oxymoron.
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I worked with a guy named Billy Goon who was Chinese. One day we were
talking and he says he plays poker with a bunch of other chinamen. At
that time, that term was derogatory from what I understood, so I say
whoa you can't be saying that. He asks what I mean, I say you can't say
chinamen
In 1984 George Orwell dubbed it Newspeak (mind control through
language).
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You got
Yes, that is what he means, using the Eurocentric designation (orient
rising sun east, that sort of thing, coming from the Age of
Exploration and Empires and all that, along with a command of the Latin
language and the associated etymology).
But he is correct. A good friend of mine
There are a lot of idiots who do not know how to manage those sorts of turns
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On Sep 9, 2013, at 11:11 AM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
I just about had the old 300D wiped out yesterday.
My younger son and I were on our way to a big car show that is sponsored
my experience with insurance is sometimes they pay you too much but often
too little. better to just avoid crashing!
you have to drive defensively or you will get wrecked. there are few
incentives in place to correct the behavior of bad, ignorant, indifferent
or negligent drivers. go 25 over
I am not impressed with the driving ability of orientals. I am pretty sure the
ones across the street are PLA spies. Been there two years and seem to get new
high end cars every six months or so. First it was VW, then they moved to
Benz, now it is BMW. I had a good snicker this past weekend
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