***BOGO*** Re: Back/forward buttons

[Jay Garcia <Jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03.07.2008 06:04, Moz Champion (Dan) wrote:

 --- Original Message ---

> squaredancer wrote:
>> On 03.07.2008 11:29, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Moz Champion 
>> (Dan) to generate the following:? :
>>> ????? wrote:
>>>  
>>>> On Jul 3, 1:59 am, "?????" <ver...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>    
> 
>>>>>>         
>>>>> I have two observations from this whole thread.
>>>>> 1. The fact that someone is using a racial slur in a support forum is
>>>>> a disgrace to the whole Mozilla organization. I am white btw, so it
>>>>> did not hurt my feelings directly but I am sure it was intended to.
>>>>>
> 
>>>>>
>>>>> So now I have three suggestions:
>>>>> 1. Use software which gives you all comments from any branch of the
>>>>> discussion. Make it a habit to read all comments before replying to a
>>>>> specific one.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2. Do not redirect to other newsgroups because this makes following
>>>>> those offshoot discussions harder.
>>>>>
>>>>> 3. Avoid using slurs and offensive language.
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S. I am a scientist and I have done a bit of support in a scientific
>>>>> computing newsgroup. I practiced what I preach and I firmly believe
>>>>> that is the only way.
>>>>>       
>>>> Sorry, I meany google groups. It has been a long day.
>>>>     
>>>
>>>
>>> Excuse me, but where do you see a racial slur in this thread?
>>>   
>> 
>> in a reply to one of Jay's posts, I referred to "nig-nog" - but of 
>> course, I didn't know then that the OP is a (very important) scientist 
>> and, therefore doesn't understand the language of "the (british) common 
>> man"
>> 
>> reg
>> 
>>> I have reviewed every post in this thread and I fail to see anything 
>>> that could be interpreted as a racial slur. So if you insist on 
>>> claiming such, please enlighten me as to what it is.
>>>
> 
> In my lexicon, nig nog means a contrary irritating person or perhaps a 
> fool. I didn't see it as a racist epithet at all.
> 
> I saw that as your meaning as well.

Google for it Dan and you'll see that it's a common racial slur.

Also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Thy_Neighbor

But I seriously doubt that reg meant it that way having no idea the
color of ????'s skin.

-- 
Jay Garcia Netscape Champion
UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org
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