Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 22:45:54 -0500 From: Bob <uctraingNOSPAMersnopsamanet.com> Subject: Re: Saab or GM?
On Thu, 26 Dec 2002 13:06:27 -0500, tom reingold <tlr244nopsamnline.net> wrote: >Firstly, he said Japanese, not Jap. In case you don't know, Jap is a >racist term. I know, I know, it sounds innocuous, especially since it's >just an abbreviation. But it has come to have the same status as the >word nigger. And that word only meant black, some time ago. Yeah, except the "n-word" is a now _very_ popular term in daily use by the very people who are supposed to be offended by it. Go figure. Bob