On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:08:55 GMT, "l, not -l" > wrote:

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>On 30-Jul-2008, "Mike........" > wrote:
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>> the UK census seperates "Asian" from "Chinese", so I assume we replace
>> "oriental" with "chinese", didnt realise oriental was defamatory, does
>> every racial word become an insult over time?
>> --
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>In the US it does.

is it so difficult to call people what they wish to be called?

your pal,
blake