<p>This _way_ better than global warming. :-) !<br>
The language discussions have been interesting and all appear valid. The "moving target" argument make specific word usage more ambiguous since much "in flux" usage currently lean away from a more formal specificity. .<br>
Yet to use race pejoratively when the original context was specifically non-racial but national origin directed was a serious tactical blunder. -2 points for poor word choice in the initial condemnory rebuttal. Yet since many national origin arguments have some racial connotation, not all but a significant fraction, it is often an implied pejorative factor. So +1 for intent. </p>
<p>While I would appreciate the restaurant name so I may also avoid them, at this point that may be a poor association to make given the tenor of this discussion. </p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Mar 23, 2010 9:24 PM, "Michael B. Trausch" <<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>> wrote:<br><br><p><font color="#500050">On 03/23/2010 07:31 PM, Geoffrey wrote:<br>
> Not to pick nits, but the comment didn't really indicate r...</font></p>This is completely self-contradicting.<br>
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The statements, "... racism is the belief that one race is superior to<br>
another.", and "... a belief that a particular race might be more<br>
dishonest than others." can only be *non*-contradictory if honesty is<br>
not a measure of the quality of an individual's character. Furthermore,<br>
physical attributes of race have very little to do with a person's<br>
honesty, or charisma, or any such other behavioral attribute. Such<br>
attributes come from individual people's experiences, upbringing,<br>
economical standings throughout life, and other factors, but certainly<br>
not their country of origin in this or any previous generation.<br>
<br>
Is that the sort of thing that this group tolerates? If so, that is<br>
rather infuriating and saddening.<br>
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