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blake murphy[_2_]

On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:27:35 -0600, wrote:

> Dan Abel > writes:
>
>> I looked it up. The adjective is dated, the noun is both dated and
>> sometimes offensive.
>
> I looked it up, too, Dan:
>
> "Oriental has been used by the West as a term to describe cultures,
> countries, peoples and goods from the Orient. "Oriental" means
> generally "eastern". It is a traditional designation (especially when
> capitalized) for anything belonging to the Orient or "East" (for
> Asia), and especially of its Eastern culture"
>
> Why is it bleeding heart liberals gotta invent bogus issues to assuage
> their guilt? Just cuz someone ....a non-Asian, no doubt.... says
> "oriental" is offensive, it's so? Horse hockey!! I've never even
> imagined the term in a derogatory context. Sorry. No intention, no
> foul.
>
> nb

if you insist that the way people refer to themselves is wrong, that's
offensive.

blake