On 23-3-2009 5:51, [GDS|Entropy] wrote:
> "Shay" <n@n.n> wrote in message news:49c3ab4f$1@news.povray.org...
>> [GDS|Entropy] wrote:
>>> ..damned plebes...
>> What do you have against plebeians?
>>> [snip]
>>  -Shay
>>
> 
> Plebe as used here isn't the common proper reference to a plebian, but is 
> instead derogatory slang of unknown age 

It is derived directly from the Romans, so at least about 22 centuries.

> referring to someone as being a 
> commoner, of low intelligence, breeding, general ability or social 
> standing...or all of the above.
> 
> Essentially stating that the target is the worthless gutter-dwelling 
> offspring produced by barely human evolutionary dead-end progenitors.

Perhaps Shay is referring to the possibility that superficially he may 
possess all or most of the above qualifications*. That is a bit of a 
problem with these kind of international forums, you get all kinds.

*) This is not meant to imply that I think Shay actually is common or 
dumb or any of the above. As most of us here, I think, I hold him in 
high regard. It is just that I am not sure what my first impression 
would be if I met him personally not knowing who he is. Actually I know 
I don't know what he looks like, so this may just be a result of a 
double prejudice. ;)

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