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Posted by Bob Thompson on Friday, December 07, 2007 at 19:00:19 :
In Reply to: Re: Hey Folks, we\'re now at a Politically Correct war... posted by Pop Rivit on Friday, December 07, 2007 at 17:00:19 :
You might have had a cogent point when you started, but you lost all credibility when you chose to hide behind a poorly spelled sobriquet instead of giving your true identity. I find this cowardly and it shows that you lack the strength of your convictions, if you actually have any. I suspect you still want to be able to tell race jokes at the corner bar without being labeled a hypocrite.
There are many words I find abhorrent but if you are going to use them try to get the usage correct. The word "Spic" is generally considered to be a derogatory term for Puerto Ricans.
Words such as Poles, Japs and Jews are merely a product of the uniquely American tendency to reduce spoken English to the fewest syllables possible. Arguably so that people like yourself can follow the conversation.
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