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Re: set instructions wanted
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sun, 21 Mar 1999 13:55:41 GMT
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On Thu, 18 Mar 1999 21:17:40 GMT, "James Brown"
<galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Jasper Janssen writes:
> > "India Red", Or so I'm told, is being pulled from Crayola boxes
> > everywhere.
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> Not precisely. It is being renamed. (can't recall what, off-hand)
Same thing ;)
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> And there wouldn't be such a fuss over "India Red" - but the crayons are
> called "Indian Red", which makes all the difference over here. To most
The version I've heard does indeed name the crayons india red, but
apparently, Native Americans can't read. Niggardly bastards.
> Europeans, Indians are from India - here in North America, Indians are native
> to the environment, and like most racial groups, there is a small and vocal
> subset of them that cries out against injustice, actual or otherwise.
So what the hell is wrong with calling a crayon after a race, anyway?
Would anyone object to "White man's white", or "African Black"?
Jasper
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| (...) Yikes! "Native Americans can't read?!","Niggardly [1]bastards??!" (In honor of tonite) "And the award for the best troll on or in a NG goes to...." If your asbestos undies are still handy, I'd put them on;-) And remember: Stop, Drop, and Roll (...) (26 years ago, 21-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Not precisely. It is being renamed. (can't recall what, off-hand) And there wouldn't be such a fuss over "India Red" - but the crayons are called "Indian Red", which makes all the difference over here. To most ------^ Europeans, Indians are (...) (26 years ago, 18-Mar-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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