Svyatoslav Igorevich wrote:
Mr. Bauer,
I forgot to respond to this statement:
"Fred, (of "mongrel" ancestory)."
I don't approve of referring to people as "mongrels," and I certainly don't use that epithet.
Fred is certainly known to have strong opinions. He was not applying the term to anyone but himself. The North American population is derived from a wide range of immigrants. For us mongrel ancestry represents acceptable self-deprecating humour. We have no intent to become contestents in a dog show.
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