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Re: New Pricing??
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Thu, 7 Sep 2000 00:28:26 GMT
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but certainly if someone tells me they
find it offensive, I'd be inclined to not use that expression again.

I suppose now someone will say that they find the word "brick" offensive :-)

Kerry



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(...) As you say, you make a judgement call about whether there's a case, eh? I think most people wouldn't have a major problem with the word brick being used in general conversation from time to time. On the other hand, I don't find it hard to make (...) (24 years ago, 7-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)

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(...) to, (...) ponder. (...) Suppose (...) Offence is a subjective assessment made by the observer. I note also that a man who makes a joke about his own racial group is a wit, while the man who makes a joke about another racial group is a bigot (...) (24 years ago, 6-Sep-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.org.au)

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