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In article , Mac Breck says...
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> wrote in message
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>> Mac Breck wrote:
>>
>> > And that's why I said it isn't right to use "jew him
down" in front
>of a
>> > Jew, etc. etc.  That's not polite/nice.  If it's used at all, it
>should
>> > be in front of people for whom it's not likely to be a flashpoint,
>> > people who you know are not going to be offended by it.
>>
>> Which would basically have to be some kind of a group or club that
>> excluded all Jewish people, wouldn't it?
>
>Oh, I don't know, how about *family members* or *People you know are not
>Jews*.  Gimme a break.  Clubs that exclude certain groups was never part
>of what I was talking about.  Just use common sense.
>

Don't you see what's wrong with that?  If you have to *figure out* whether the
person or people you're talking to are likely to be offended by a particular
term, can't you see that it's better off not being used at all?

Jan


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