Well statistically speaking, I think the majority of the 6 million people in this world don't have an opinion about this.
Actually it was not. It was a shot at all Canadians. I am jingoistic in my love of my country. It was retaliation for what I perceive to be stupidity.
You want to say George Bush made a mistake in choosing Iraq as a battleground, fine. I can discuss that. What I cannot abide is some moron that claims my country is murdering innocents. When you make that kind of accusation, expect an attack from me.
I wanted to discuss your opinion of the term “Baghdad Bob.” You claim it has evolved into a racial epithet. I humbly said, “Fair enough” please explain the evolution of the term.
I started this whole post to discuss what is a racial epithet with you. You have avoided the discussion. Something you accuse me of doing, then do yourself.
Changing direction to the Condi/signature subject was simply a point of hypocrisy.
Rick van Opbergen said:Well statistically speaking, I think the majority of the 6 million people in this world don't have an opinion about this.
No, I don't think you did. We're all very proud of our heritage, but I think too many of us are overly concerned with potentially offending others that we tend to see more than what was intended. I got taken to task once for mentioning my "Norski" cousins - by someone with nary a drop of Scandinavian blood.As for my race/religion. I am very proud of it as Paco is of being American. I never hide my identity nor I complained that I was a target of racial hate.
LadyC said:3. Even though a few people pointed out the inappropriateness of Moghrabi's "suicide" comment, no further action was taken by a mod or admin. this appeared to be tacit approval. If you're going to censor some posts, censor them all. And no fair calling them "edits" either. We edit our own posts for spelling or clarity. The mods censor them.
I don't like the title of this topic. I don't think the Rev is "dear" at all.
May I ask you why Rev is not dear.
I'm sure the Rev is as cute as a button.
1. To me, "Baghdad Bob" is now the same as calling someone a liar. It doesn't mean any specific race of people. On other forums, it is fired off at anyone who is deemed to be exaggerating to the point of outright lying.
Agreed. It's amazing how some people don't see that though. I've called people's integrity into question and called them liars (they were, in fact, lying). In retaliation they called me ugly.the Rev said:Calling somebody a liar can be very much a personal attack as well though, depending on context.
I find the word "skank" to be offensive, along the lines of sl*t or the "c" word.
Yes, you did make something of it. It wasn't till I read your later posts that I went back looking for his original comment. Granted, I don't read all the posts every day.However, if you look at Paco's original message he insulted billions of people (Arabs/moslems) by saying that they still live in their feces.
I did not make anything of it and I went after Paco. I am still being blamed for the suicide word I used although I did apologize for it but no one on this forum suggested censoring the feces part from Paco's.