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

[squaredancer <squaredancer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03.07.2008 17:11, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Jay Garcia to 
generate the following:? :
> 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!! ;-)
>
>   
yep - and "thanks".
4th July was the date the british crown *forced* the America to go 
independant!  Have you read your history, on how the americans *fought* 
to /prevent/ the british (and lots of other nationals) from *leaving the 
country* ?? ;-)

reg

reg
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