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To: mfnorman

Our vocabulary will soon consist of:

a-word
a-word1
a-word2
b-word
b-word1
b-word2
b-word3
c-word
c-word1
etc.


Ironically, no matter what 'they' try to rename the x-word to, it still conveys the original intent.

A rose by any other name .... isn't a PC football team mascot, even in San Francisco, California.


11 posted on 12/18/2006 7:23:44 AM PST by TomGuy
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To: TomGuy
no matter what 'they' try to rename the x-word to, it still conveys the original intent.

Spot on. My grandparent's generation used the word "Negro", My parent's generation used the word "Colored", my generation used the word "Black", and now my daughter's generation uses the term "African-American"

All used by each generation with the same intent which is to be respectful.
15 posted on 12/18/2006 7:34:15 AM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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