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Ok Its Time OBAMA vs. MCCAIN?

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Who Are You Voting For?

  • Obama

    Votes: 17 54.8%

  • McCain

    Votes: 4 12.9%

  • Paul

    Votes: 3 9.7%

  • Nader

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • American -- Not Voting

    Votes: 4 12.9%

  • Not American -- Can't Vote!

    Votes: 3 9.7%
  • Total voters
    31
  • Poll closed .
CapnG said:
That's YOUR fault for listening to Cher in the first place! :p

Additionally, the notion that "half-breed" is deragotory term fails on two counts:

A) It assumes intent on the part of the speaker (ie me) and

B) Unless the speaker is of neither of the referenced races, it would self-insulting. I, being white, have plenty of other direct insults to apply to my own race without resorting to some watered down subterfugal mockery.

Besides, renouncing a term like half-breed places humans above animals, which I don't. Anybody got that Carlin clip handy where he talks about honest use of language versus euphamism? Basically that's what this is.
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Oh. you are so right. I agree completely!
 
Not american, can't vote.

But something tell's me Obama's not what America PLC wants - ask the shareholders -
"The board recommends you put a X in the republican box"

Democracy, Tyranny, Autocracy, Theocracy - can't we just call it Power?
 
bsvalley said:
OK, if you say so.
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Alrighty then I stand corrected. I guess I can't argue with the experts at Wikipedia and that you spent so much time setting me straight.
 
CapnG said:
That's YOUR fault for listening to Cher in the first place! :p

Additionally, the notion that "half-breed" is deragotory term fails on two counts:

A) It assumes intent on the part of the speaker (ie me) and

B) Unless the speaker is of neither of the referenced races, it would self-insulting. I, being white, have plenty of other direct insults to apply to my own race without resorting to some watered down subterfugal mockery.

Besides, renouncing a term like half-breed places humans above animals, which I don't. Anybody got that Carlin clip handy where he talks about honest use of language versus euphamism? Basically that's what this is.
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Dude if Carlin had a church, I would be going door to door like a Jehovahs Witness signing people up.
 
With all due respect to the fine and worldly institution that is Wikipedia, I still say that the term half-breed is not automatically a derogatory. I don't deny that it can be used as such but I maintain that realtes to the intent of the speaker and not the word spoken.
 
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