[WikiEN-l] Protesting my ban

[Ray Saintonge]

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.

Ec