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

[squaredancer <squaredancer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03.07.2008 15:14, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Jay Garcia to 
generate the following:? :
> 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.
>
>   

see my Urban Dictionary findings!

as to the colour of ?????'s skin - probably getting redder and redder (a 
redskin, but NOT a native american)

reg
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