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On 7/14/2011 19:55, Stephen wrote:
> You think? O_O ;-)
I wasn't explaining for *your* edification.
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"Coding without comments is like
driving without turn signals."
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On 15/07/2011 4:00 AM, Darren New wrote:
> On 7/14/2011 19:55, Stephen wrote:
>> You think? O_O ;-)
>
> I wasn't explaining for *your* edification.
>
Sorry, jet lag.
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Stephen
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On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 02:07:01 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 14/07/2011 6:09 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> > Oreo is also derogatory American slang.
>> I hadn't heard that -
>
> Black on the outside. White on the inside.
Ahh
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Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> On 14/07/2011 6:09 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> >> > Oreo is also derogatory American slang.
> > I hadn't heard that -
> Black on the outside. White on the inside.
Honestly, I don't understand what that's supposed to mean.
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- Warp
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> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> On 14/07/2011 6:09 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>> Oreo is also derogatory American slang.
>>> I hadn't heard that -
>
>> Black on the outside. White on the inside.
>
> Honestly, I don't understand what that's supposed to mean.
>
A black person who doesn't act like the rest of their homies from the 'hood.
cf: Lewis Hamilton, Tiger Woods, Barack Obama.
The inverse (and quite derogatory) is "wigger". White folks who dress
with pants down to their knees and oversided basketball shirts. If I'm
not mistaken, the Brits call them "chavs".
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Francois Labreque <fla### [at] videotron ca> wrote:
> > Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> >> On 14/07/2011 6:09 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> >>>>> Oreo is also derogatory American slang.
> >>> I hadn't heard that -
> >
> >> Black on the outside. White on the inside.
> >
> > Honestly, I don't understand what that's supposed to mean.
> >
> A black person who doesn't act like the rest of their homies from the 'hood.
> cf: Lewis Hamilton, Tiger Woods, Barack Obama.
So it's a derogatory term used by other black people?
Why shouldn't a person be free to act however he likes?
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- Warp
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On 16/07/2011 6:56 AM, Warp wrote:
> So it's a derogatory term used by other black people?
>
Yes and some white people as well
> Why shouldn't a person be free to act however he likes?
No reason at all, at all. But that is what people are like.
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Stephen
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Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> On 16/07/2011 6:56 AM, Warp wrote:
> > So it's a derogatory term used by other black people?
> Yes and some white people as well
I assume that with black people it's some kind of pride thing, and with
white people it's traditional racism? (Although the former is also racism,
technically speaking, although for some reason it's not PC to say it.)
> > Why shouldn't a person be free to act however he likes?
> No reason at all, at all. But that is what people are like.
I wish people acted more rationally about these things. Keeping a subculture
alive is ok and commendable (as long as the subculture in question isn't
destructive and harmful to others), but if you start denigrating and shunning
someone for not caring about it (or not wanting to be part of it), that just
goes too far. Freedom is the highest of virtues, and being able to live and
act however you want (as long as it's not harmful to others) is part of that,
and nobody should have a saying on it.
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- Warp
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On 16/07/2011 1:38 PM, Warp wrote:
> Stephen<mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
>> On 16/07/2011 6:56 AM, Warp wrote:
>>> So it's a derogatory term used by other black people?
>
>> Yes and some white people as well
>
> I assume that with black people it's some kind of pride thing, and with
> white people it's traditional racism? (Although the former is also racism,
> technically speaking, although for some reason it's not PC to say it.)
>
Not necessarily, it could be sympathy, seeing things from an other
viewpoint.
>>> Why shouldn't a person be free to act however he likes?
>
>> No reason at all, at all. But that is what people are like.
>
> I wish people acted more rationally about these things. Keeping a subculture
> alive is ok and commendable (as long as the subculture in question isn't
> destructive and harmful to others), but if you start denigrating and shunning
> someone for not caring about it (or not wanting to be part of it), that just
> goes too far. Freedom is the highest of virtues, and being able to live and
> act however you want (as long as it's not harmful to others) is part of that,
> and nobody should have a saying on it.
>
I can't disagree with one word you have said.
Sometimes I get disapproval because I am a Scot living in London. (From
fellow Scots, that is. The English keep telling me that their
father/mother/grand-sires came from Scotland.)
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Regards
Stephen
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Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> Sometimes I get disapproval because I am a Scot living in London.
I can't even begin to imagine the reasoning behind that. :)
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