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[Derek Broughton]

Steve Flynn wrote:

> On 23/10/06, GyroTech <gyrotech at freakinabox.com> wrote:
> 
>> You may not realise it, but you are offending all those non-Christian
>> (including Atheist, Hindu, Jew, Buddhist, etc...) user of the list by
>> demanding that we not use a perfectly normal English word. Oh, and not
>> to mention all those Spanish\Latino who actually have that word as their
>> given name...
>> Words can be used to convey emotive thoughts, but it is always the
>> reader that empowers each word with their own emotions.
>>
> 
> Amen to that brother!
> 
That's even worse.  Defending an offensive usage is ugly.  Defending such a
defense is purely ignorant.

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derek