[WikiEN-l] Protesting my ban
Ray Saintonge
saintonge at telus.net
Thu Jun 10 19:25:59 UTC 2004
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
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