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William R Ward <bill@wards.net> writes:
> "Paul Sinasohn" <bearitone@my-deja.com> writes:
> > You're not getting my business, especially after the gip you pulled in that
> > trade we did.
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> That's spelled "gyp" and it's a racist term (short for Gypsy), which
> you should probably refrain from using - I wouldn't be too surprised
> if you aren't violating the TOS for Lugnet... It's as bad as saying
> someone tried to "jew you out of" something.
Just to clarify: I was not suggesting that Paul was racist - only that
the term had a racist origin and might be offensive to some people.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
(formerly known as hermit@bayview.com)
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| (...) That's spelled "gyp" and it's a racist term (short for Gypsy), which you should probably refrain from using - I wouldn't be too surprised if you aren't violating the TOS for Lugnet... It's as bad as saying someone tried to "jew you out of" (...) (23 years ago, 14-Jun-01, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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