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Originally Posted by cyberia
Its not a matter of PC, but rather respect.
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Thank you Paul. I was looking for those words.
People,
Let's use some common sense here. That's all I ask.
I don't plan to make a list. It's like the late Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said of pornography:
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I shall not today attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description; and perhaps I could never succeed in intelligibly doing so. But I know it when I see it...
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For example, most Americans are used to being referred to as Yanks. Not a derogatory term. Britons are accustomed to being referred to as "Brits". Probably not derogatory. Australians call themselves "Aussies" and their land is "Oz". Also probably not derogatory. On the other hand Poles are
not not Pollacks.
Like I said, common sense.