Puerto Rico Mob Attacks Marines

Associated Press / yahoo.com/news ^ | Tue Apr 23, 2:13 PM ET | PAISLEY DODDS

[smithson]

"Gringos"

Is that anything like spic?

[smithson]

Grin...GO, and take me with you.

[Clemenza]

The term "gringo" is only pejorative when used in a negative context. Otherwise, it is a neutral word. My girlfriends have referred to me as gringo and the term is used casually throughout much of the Spanish speaking world.

Latins are generally not as uptight when it comes to language as their neighbors to the north. Terms like negrito (blacky) or gordito (fatty) are used casually as well.

[smithson]

Thats nice. Spic is used in a nice way in this country too.

[Jacqueline W]

WELL as to freeing Puerto Rico, I say let them choose. Last time I read about Puerto Rico (couple months ago) for a school report, I came to the conclusion that all at this point anyway that Puerto Rico can do is stay a territory. I mean, they become a state: they pay taxes wich ruins their economy because many businesses are located there to earn more money. They go for an independent country and they lose citizenship and all the benefits of that.

[INSENSITIVE GUY]

PUERTO RICAN TRASH!

[LaGrone]

Academy award winner wasn't it. Truly great movie.

[not-alone]

I believe their tax structure is the same as the US Virgin Islands. You pay the same as stateside, but the revenue remains there. If they are like the VI they are way behind in refunds. A couple of years ago a friend of mine was waiting for a refund from five years before. They spend the money as it comes in and don't have anyway to cover low income child credits etc.The VI learned a lesson about sailors getting hurt. The Navy stopped using their ports for a couple years and it really hurt the local economy.

[dr_who]

Time to take away their welfare, give them their independence, and tell them to go f*** off.

[dr_who]

Sounds like it was planned by separatists.

[FreedomPoster]

Rather, large mobs of people always walk around carrying lead pipes and bats in Puerto Rico, right?

My impression of the scurvy little place is that some probably do.

Puerto Rican Independance NOW! Yankee go home!

(It'll save us a fortune in welfare/subsidies)

[ozzymandus]

When are you moving to PR? Or are you just making noise? I'm not suprised that some PC trading cards would feature a PR fireman, much like the statue that was doctored to replace white firemen with a black and a PR.

[Willie Green]

SouthronGenX

member since April 23rd, 2002

My guess is you've been banned before for similarly bigoted commentary.

[PianoMan]

Good rebuttal. I had a roomate in college who was from PR, middle class, conservative (back when I was liberal), and very sweet. There was also a kid from PR there who was the campus' most active Marxist. He turned out to be from a rich family. Moron.

Anyway, now I live in NY and I have to say, the PR day parade gave me a whole new image of PR, from the clouds of dope smoke you can smell blocks away to the harassment incidents that made the news. Of course it's wrong to blanket an entire people, but the reputation of PRans isn't entirely put upon them.

[not-alone]

Thanks, I know many wonderful Vets in PR, my husband went to the VA Hospital there a couple of times. A large percentage of their population fought WW11,Korea, Nam. I had one neighbor that did his 20, retired Chief, a great guy with a beautiful family. His wife taught at the Univ. and kids were overachievers. Just one of many examples.

[Willie Green]

My pleasure.
I may have severe political disagreements with many of the noisier Puerto Rican factions,
but I don't let that affect my perspective that the "silent majority" are fine, fellow Americans and deserving of my respect.

[Frances_Marion]

That's it...cut PR off!

[not-alone]

well said