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To: Elroy who wrote (57470)	4/11/2007 11:06:52 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 90947

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To: Elroy who wrote (57470)	4/11/2007 11:07:27 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 90947

PC offense "Addressing an audience of local notables in San Francisco ... Ted Turner took a question about how to win China's cooperation in reducing greenhouse gases. Replied the media mogul: 'The Chinese are very smart. Just think: Have you ever met a dumb Chinaman?' Pursuing this theme, the broadcasting baron then said: 'Very seldom do you see Chinese restaurants close. I'm in the restaurant business, and it's very tough. They work very hard.' "Outrage naturally followed. How dare a public figure insult the Chinese by calling them clever and industrious? Where will this end? ... Worst of all was the word 'Chinaman' -- nowadays, for reasons you need a Ph.D. in Diversity Awareness to understand, a term of the vilest abuse. ... "Next day Turner issued the routine, groveling apology to 'the Asian Pacific American' community; though why an American of Pakistani, Mongolian, or Samoan ancestry should have taken offense at Turner's words is unclear to us." -- from "The Week," in the April 16 issue of National Review