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On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 15:12:30 -0700, Rob Perkins 
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>Charlie Edmondson wrote:
>
>>> Rob, who can't tell who is or is not a bigot
>>>
>> Would you have prefered the term in its original form, using the dreaded 
>> 'N' word? 
>
>No, and I don't wish to consider the comment in relative terms, either. 
>Or discuss it. I was simply a bit shocked to see it *here*, where we 
>have types, races, and religions of all kinds, and where there is 
>generally a bit of sensitivity to the feelings of others on any matter.
>
> From that shock came the desire not to have seen it.
>
>And no, I won't give ground on "Afro-engineered" when the perfectly 
>race-neutral-and-meaning-equivalent "hacked" might have done just as 
>well, except to say that if I had seen "Afro-engineered" I might not 
>have had as strong a reaction.
>
>Now I've got myself wondering whether "jerry-rigged" is some kind of 
>epithet...

Funny, I was wondering just the other day if "jerry-rigged" was
related to "jury rigging." It turns out it is:

jer·ry-rig  (jr-rg)
tr.v. jer·ry-rigged, jer·ry-rig·ging, jer·ry-rigs 
To jury-rig.

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[Alteration (influenced by jerry-build) of jury-rig.] 

(Problem is, they don't know what "jerry-build" comes from . . . )

-- 
Josh

[Truly] I say to you, [...] angel [...] power will be able to see that [...]
these to whom [...] holy generations [...]. After Jesus said this, he departed.

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