Hello Thomas,
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T> I don't think the tagline was offensive, but that's the deal with
T> moderated lists: if the moderates feel it was, then that's it. Those
T> members who did find it offensive will not post their opinion here; so
T> never mind how many people say it was OK, the mods have spoken. <sigh>
IMVHO, I didn't think it was necessarily offensive, but it was pretty
bold for a public discussion list. People see things in different
light, and the very nature of this list -- as Allie mentioned,
multi-cultural -- means there's a lot of room for the mincing of the
English language. The 'm-word,' I'll call it, isn't something you'd
blurt out in public -- as far as the US is concerned -- or, at least
*most* people wouldn't. And, the fact that he mixed that word with
that particular phrase, well, I would think that would surely qualify
as offensive quite a few minds.
As for mincing of the English language: just the other day, someone on
another list announced, "I'm from India, for all you racists out
there." The first time I read it, I was _very_ offended.
Then I realized that he didn't realize the meaning that word carries
in the English language. Soon after, he realized what an embarrassing
mistake that was.
If there was a single reason that one should think twice about those
types of comments -- especially when it's phrased in such a way that
the author _knows_ without a doubt what it truly means -- the above
example would be it.
Gallop, gallop, gallop
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