Author: Mike Hood
Date: 16:44:51 12/21/03
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On December 21, 2003 at 18:38:13, margolies,marc wrote: >sune, you are absolutely right! I trust the moderators on this, that they have >checked the matter out. He was not banned instantly by an angry >'trigger-finger.' > >On December 21, 2003 at 18:35:39, Sune Fischer wrote: > >>On December 21, 2003 at 18:24:20, margolies,marc wrote: >> >>>-To our european friends: >>>-negger does not equal 'nigga' in the USA. While some of you acquaint our >>>linguistic culture with a loss of freedom, we americans feel assured that we are >>>protecting the human rights of decent people in enforcing this rule. our charter >>>suggests that all <<races>> are welcome here equally-- and our forum should be >>>about computer chess. >>>( i use the word 'race' in quotes because it is a common fallacy that there are >>>races- gens una summis) >> >>If you are really sure the name is made up then of course I support the banning, >>but if the name is for real you have be tolerant no matter what it sounds like >>to an american. >> >>-S. The oil company Esso changed its name to Exxon, because "Esso" means something vulgar in Japanese. (Are there any Japanese forum members who can tell me what it means?) Also, when the first James Bond films came out, in France they changed Sean Connery's name to "Sean Donovan". (I know what "connerie" means in French).
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