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Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
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Date: 
Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:09:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Samarth Moray wrote:
  
   I’ll be interested to learn where your sense of journalistic outrage leads you.

Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can’t lie and say I’m from the US, because I’m Indian. I’d rather not comment on matters I have partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that’d be asking for trouble. So I’ll be diplomatic and not comment on this one. And indeed, if I *did* comment, I’d be hijacking this thread.

Hey, you’re not one of those non-native speakers of English, are you? Jeez, I wish you guys would wear distinctive hats, or something, so that we can tell you from those of us lucky enough to live under the Annointed Rule of the His Mighty Righteousness George W. Bush.

I’ve said it before, and I’m apparently inclined to say it again: so many non-native speakers of English on LUGNET (and in the world, I’d guess) speak/write much better than most of my American-born coworkers.

Anyway, I still think that the article is close to irrelevant, since it’s a small opinion piece in a college newspaper (even if it does turn out to be serious).

Dave!



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  Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
 
(...) English is an official language of India, has been for many, many years. That's 'native', as in 'native speaker' But, I aside from the minor nitpick, I agree 100%! Tim (Smith) (19 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
  Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
 
(...) No, I'm 100%, born, bred, living Asian Indian (to distinguish from Native American tribes) (...) Wouldn't that be discrimination? ;-) (...) Serious or not, irrelevent or not, the fact is that people will read it and their general impressions (...) (19 years ago, 26-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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  Re: Lego called Racist - "Boycott Legos [sic]"
 
(...) Well, youre gonna have to choose another topic, I can't lie and say I'm from the US, because I'm Indian. I'd rather not comment on matters I have partial/incomplete knowledge of in the first place; that'd be asking for trouble. So I'll be (...) (19 years ago, 25-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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