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Subject:	Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
Newsgroups:	lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Mon, 1 May 2000 03:59:19 GMT
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 16:21:26 GMT, "Jeff Stembel" <aulddragon@wamalug.org> wrote: > I try to be pollitically correct because I see it as being polite. Also, > sometimes politically correct is just that: Correct. For Example, I try not to > call Native Americans "Indians" because they are not from India. :) > > Jeff And...I try to call them by their proper tribal name bacause Hopi are not Sioux, who are not Navajo, etc... (now watch someone tell me I managed to mangle the spelling of one of those, so I can tell them that those are transliterations into English and don't really have a "correct" spelling.... yeah, that's it. (Ah, the wack opinions one gains from Anthropology classes. Kya

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		Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
(...) Wack or wacky? ;) They have somewhat opposing meanings, so I'm just trying to figure out if you liked Anthro or thought they were nuts--not that both can't be correct. Oddly enough, the term "Sioux" is dragged through two languages, first (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
(...) to (...) Even with the 'Indians from India', doesn't the term come from the Indus valley civilisations (hardly the subcontinent), history buffs please help. (...) In Australia, some Aboriginals (a generic term that crosses oceans) refer to (...) (25 years ago, 1-May-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
(...) Luke and Han are not alive. Mark Hammil and Harrison Ford just depicted the Characters for our entertainment. :) (...) The minifigs are accurate. The Han Solo minifig is a minifig depiction of Han Solo, just as Harrison Ford was a human (...) (25 years ago, 30-Apr-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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