I don't understand all of the fuss...no one really jumped on him after he apologized. People were making silly comments, not directed at him or were discussing the issue he spoke of. Only one person quoted the thread starter, after his apology.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* I don't understand all of the fuss...no one really jumped on him after he apologized. People were making silly comments, not directed at him or were discussing the issue he spoke of. Only one person quoted the thread starter, after his apology.

read the first page and got a funny vibe out of the replies, that's all

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Originally posted by FunkyCrew read the first page and got a funny vibe out of the replies, that's all

Fair enough...it just seems that people left him alone for the most part after his explanation.

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* Fair enough...it just seems that people left him alone for the most part after his explanation.

oh yeah, I noticed that

I guess I should have clarified that I was talking about the replies prior his explanation

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Originally posted by Jer That little pocket of Windsor is absolutely godless.. College, Felix and Wigle are fucking bonkers after dark - Second only to Drouillard & Wyandotte IMO

Heh, seems like you know the armpit of Canada aka Windsor pretty well.
None of those area are particularly dangerous, but not the hbets place on Earth either.


On a side note, we had our first ever car-bombing here in Croatia last week

Terminology and social interaction in most places in the world would outright offend most canadians. As i see it, the problem is not with them. It's with the fact that we are willing to stress out over every little politically incorrect term or joke or expression. I learned this lesson while living in argentina. People will call each other gordito or "little fatty" to fat people as a pet name and its acceptable. Or "negrito" (little blackie) to those latins with darker skin. In fact everyone has a pet name to a degree. I was "el importado" (the imported) or "yanqui de hielo" (ice yankee). Imagine calling those types of names to an immigrant in canada? Yikes!

BTW i never understood the big deal about the west side of windsor. I used to walk through there at night by myself all the time and never even saw a cracked out homeless bum. I assume because its a lower income area there are probably more domestics that go on there but otherwise i didnt feel any worse than walking down most streets in toronto.

LOL!

I guess if the "negro" family I'm renting out my house to in Windsor decide not to pay rent I shouldn't go bug them then eh?


Right.... anyways...

Why don't cabs just go NY style...

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Last edited by Ozmozis on Oct-30-2008 at 13:36

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Originally posted by TheVrk On a side note, we had our first ever car-bombing here in Croatia last week

why does that make u smile??? and where exactly in Croatia was the bombing?? Effing crazy Croatians !!!

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Originally posted by Intangible But in the same sense I will allow him to get away with his ignorance as he clearly does not know much about Canada. And he did apologize

So then why jump on him, when the OP immediately apologized, and stated their lack of knowledge for socially acceptable terms. As much as it may surprise people here, calling someone a negro is only inacceptable in North America. Do it anywhere else, and there is no derogatory connotation with it.

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Originally posted by zokissima As much as it may surprise people here, calling someone a negro is only inacceptable in North America. Do it anywhere else, and there is no derogatory connotation with it.

Exactly and it was the same way here until political correctness took over. I dont know what the big deal is over "negro" as it is the original word for black in the english language from latin and still exists in spanish and i believe portuguese as well.

But "black" is fast becoming offensive as well. Even though im pretty sure that not every black person is "african" nor "american".