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[Ignazio Palmisano]

Ignazio Palmisano wrote:
> Chris Rees wrote:
>> 2009/7/26 Michael <mmorse757 at gmail.com>:
>>> Graham Todd wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:38:09 +0100
>>>> Chris Rees <utisoft at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> And actually, I think of myself as European, as do most of the people
>>>>> I know
>>>>>
>>>> [snipped]
>>>>
>>>> Most of the people I know think themselves governed by a European
>>>> Parliament , or that the British Parliament has become subsidiary, and
>>>> given up its sovereignty to the European Parliament.  The majority of
>>>> people I know would wish that sovereignty would return to the British
>>>> Parliament at Westminster (though I am not one of them).
>>>>
>>>> I live in Kent (in the south-east of England close to the cross-channel
>>>> link) yet those around me think of themselves as "British" or "Brits":
>>>> they don't think of themselves as "English" nor "European".  Most of 
>>>> the
>>>> ferries that cross the English Channel, and the trains that travel to
>>>> France through the Channel Tunnel, depart from Kent, but Kentish men
>>>> (or Men of Kent!) do not regard themselves as primarily European, but
>>>> primarily British.
>>>>
>>>> That's not true of everybody; some are internationalists, but for the
>>>> vast majority, most are xenophobes.  You are lucky in having most of
>>>> the people round you consider themselves as European.
>>>>
>>>> This must be really boring for these who do not live in the United
>>>> Kingdom, so I intend to stop contributing to this thread from now 
>>>> on....
>>>>
>>>>
>>> On a some what related topic of how people view themselves and others,
>>> what do Europeans call dark skinned people?   Here in America, we have
>>> this idiotic term, "African American" that some politically correct type
>>> people like to use.  (I refuse to use it.)  Last semester, a college
>>> professor used the term "African American" when referring to the
>>> percentage of the non-white population  in Canada.  I laughed out loud
>>> when I heard her say it.  Any Canadians on the list?  Do y'all use the
>>> term "African Canadian"?  Or are we Americans the only people stupid
>>> enough to use this retarded term?
>>>
>>
>> Personally, I never talk about 'African Americans' in that way, since
>> I don't tend to notice when people aren't of my ethnic background
>> (strange, I know). I figure that someone's ethnic background should
>> only matter to them, so I would never use it to discuss or identify
>> them.
>>
>> The only politically correct way to refer to someone is by name.
> 
> I guess that depends on context and purpose. Depict a situation like the 
> following: I am at the pub with my mates, and a hen party walks in. 
> Chauvinist as it might be, all of us look at the women. As it's common 
> in UK, all of them are dressed in a similar way. Now suppose you find 
> one of them particularly attractive, how do you make that known to your 
> friends? You choose the most discriminant feature, i.e., the blond one, 
> if they are mostly brunettes, or similar things. I believe any of the 
> possible features is politically correct to pick, unless it's an insult, 
> since the remark carries no judgment based on the feature, and obviously 
> I cannot refer to them by name. Otherwise I'd have to say: the second 
> from left, or something like that...
> I.



It's been brought to my attention that "hen party" may be understood as 
referring to a group of women in a denigrating way. I was unaware of 
that (hard to get all the nuances of a foreign language), so I apologize 
to anyone who felt that way; the intended meaning was this: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_Party

I.