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Kaffir lily is an offensive name
"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message ... The message from "David Hill" contains these words: You really should keep this in mind when you start insulting people and calling them names etc as you so often do. Is it this "momentary feeling of superiority in knowing that they are insulting someone " that gives you such a kick? You so often exhibit a great knowledge of plants, and a great use of reference material in how you answer many questions raised here, then next minute you're like a 10 year old in the playground who cant get their own way and who dredges up all the insults and foul words they can think of to vent their pent up anger. So why not consider other peoples feelings and practice what you are preaching, and consider peoples feelings in future. The OP's been in my killfile for a long time so I don't see his posts. 'Kaffir' is a perfectly proper name for several indiginous tribes of South Africa (inc the Xhosa) and just because the word is abused by some as a blanket term of contempt for any black African it doesn't make 'Kaffir' an offensive word per se. It reflects on the misusers, not on the perceived target, just the same as other abusers of nationalities/communities/ethnic groups such as Jew, Arab, Bohemian, French (screwdriver), Dutch (courage) don't make the use of these nationalities offensive. It's the intent behind the use of a word which is important, not its political correctness to well-meaning fools. If a 'Kaffir lily' were the name for something obnoxious, I would agree that it was an offensive name. Since it isn't, I can only assume that the OP is trolling as usual. Thanks for injecting some good sense into this thread. Franz |
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