In article , zhanataya
wrote:

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 16:49:33 -0400, Darren Garrison
wrote:

I, personally, neither have the time or the interest to make sure that
every word that I use is NOT,
in some language and in some country, offensive to some individual or group.

Interesting. To busy for common courtesy or respect. Any word
perceived as a hate word should be eliminated from common usage. Such
as, ******, Kaffir or Kafir (I used to think there was a difference).
How about Wop, Dike, Queer, Kike, Frog, Coon Ass, Mick? Has our
educational system slipped so far that the graduates from elementary
school are unable to express themselves without the use of such words?

I know it is the parents responsibility to stop such hatred.
Unfortunately it isn't happening.

zhan

Dyke is a pretty word, a good word, a useful word; I used to stop around
Seattle in a leather jacket that said DYKE on the back, & it upset nobody.
My current jacket hasn't been decorated as I'm a bit old to ever again
feel like being fashionable. But I still wear my Sex Pistols, Neurosis, &
Dead Kennedys t-shirts, & they get more comments than ever did the Dyke
jacket.

Fact is, any word can be said with affection, you dear old kike you.
Anyone who can't figure that out has AT LEAST as much of a problem as
people who actually like the words, & very likely a bigger problem.

-paghat the ratgirl

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"Of what are you afraid, my child?" inquired the kindly teacher.
"Oh, sir! The flowers, they are wild," replied the timid creature.
-from Peter Newell's "Wild Flowers"
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