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To: kumar who wrote (402506)	1/7/2011 5:27:38 PM
From: ManyMoose	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) of 793917

Whew! I'm glad that's cleared up. I think this whole 'hate speech' concept is full of holes for the very reason you suggest. Someone close to me was present in a discussion with Native Americans regarding the naming of characters in fiction. A complainant said writers depicting Indian life in fiction should use real Indian names, not fake ones. The problem is, how does one know a real name from a fake one? A Native American I met a year or so ago had a first name that was clearly English and a last name that was an English translation of a 'real' Indian name. His name was Robert One Ear. (That's not the real name, which I changed so as not to identify or embarrass the real person, whom I respect.) How would one know by hearing his name that the late author James Welch was a full-blooded Native American?

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