Posted on 09/02/2006 6:48:53 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Your a lot more schooled in history than this engineer!! I'll go with your analysis....and hunch. Thanks for the history lesson. I need more of those.
Not Mexicano, which is not an English word. Mexican is the correct usage in English.
Except on the street, and then there are additions.
The Galicians seem to have been the first ~ so many of them left the language disappeared to be replaced by two different types of Spanish.
The Bretons began a retreat from Europe with the settlement of Nova Scota and Quebec. The Scots came with the Brits, as did the Welsh.
The Irish were pretty much the last to leave.
Today's Gaelic/Celtic population in Europe is but a remnant ~ everybody else lives here (or Australia).
To present oneself as some sort of authority on "culture" when addressing the semantic use of a word describing "nationality" leaves one to believe that the person doing the addressing is pretty, well, un.....
Why bother?
Would the raybbr account agree that publishing statements on this forum that could be interpreted as motivated by cultural bigotry enhances the credibility of the forum?
If this forum is branded as practicing cultural bigotry, would that brand be applied exclusively to the suspected bigot or to all who participate?
Does an honest discussion of contemporary US, domestic politics necessitate disclosure of the cultural heritage of the participants?
From the list of weighted factors below which typically motivate the viewpoints expressed during political discussions on this forum, where would the raybbr account place culture or cultural heritage?
1) Political philosophy
2) Partisan allegiance
3) Personal experiences
4) Enhancement of personal wealth
5) Disruption
What instances are you talking about? Using the lowercase for mexican? How does that translate into cultural bigotry? Could it be a lack of respect for a nation? Or, is the entire hispanic culture, in your estimation, a "mexican" culture?
If this forum is branded as practicing cultural bigotry, would that brand be applied exclusively to the suspected bigot or to all who participate?
In my mind it would be, if proven to be bigotry, applied solely to the poster. In the mind of a liberal it would apply to everyone.
Does an honest discussion of contemporary US, domestic politics necessitate disclosure of the cultural heritage of the participants?
No. It can be used to show reference. Of course, without proof claims of ethnicity or even national origin stand meritless.
From the list of weighted factors below which typically motivate the viewpoints expressed during political discussions on this forum, where would the raybbr account place culture or cultural heritage?
1) Political philosophy
2) Partisan allegiance
3) Personal experiences
4) Enhancement of personal wealth
5) Disruption
Actually none of the above. When I think of cultural heritage it tends to make me think of allegiances. In other words, the mexicans who choose to stay rooted in their culture show an allegiance to mexico, not the U.S. The same with any Poles, Irish, Germans, Ethipians, etc. The desire to remain tied to a foreign culture implies an allegiance to that culture rather than accepting the new culture in which you live.
Apparently touched a nerve. Good. Let's continue.
You did not touch a nerve. I was pointing out that your hyperpbole and rhetoric were just that.
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