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

[Jay Garcia <Jay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03.07.2008 09:35, squaredancer wrote:

 --- Original Message ---

> On 03.07.2008 15:13, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Jay Garcia to 
> generate the following:? :
>> On 03.07.2008 05:25, squaredancer wrote:
>>
>>  --- Original Message ---
>>
>>   
>>>> 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"
>>>     
>>
>> You better guess again. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Thy_Neighbor
>>
>> It can be and usually is considered a racial epithet of sorts and I'm
>> suprised and sorta impressed that ???? caught it. I had no idea what it
>> meant until I googled it a few mins ago. Definitely a racial slur!!
>>
>>   
> 
> hmmm - racism in Britain...
> did you know:
> for a long time, it was not allowed to sell black dolls ??
> "Golliwogs" - black coloured soft rag or wool-waste dolls - are banned
> in Bradford (northern England) the "non-white" town mayor BANNED 
> Christmas Lights from the streets, so as to "not disturb the 
> non-christian population" (the mayor was moslemic).
> that "White Trash" is permissable, as it is a "typical ethnic expression"
> 
> yes - we are christians and believe in turning the other cheek, so 
> mis-quoting original british colloquialisms is quite acceptable to us 
> (especially when an important scientist tells us about it)
> 
> reg

BTW: Have a nice 4th of July!! ;-)

-- 
Jay Garcia Netscape Champion
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