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Old Mon Feb 10, 2003, 10:30pm
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I think that someone who is called a dirty Jew should naturally and properly be offended—and a lot more. No one could seriously deny that the speaker intended serious insult. In fact, the courts have ruled such remarks to be "fighting words" tantamount to assault.

However, I think that someone who gets upset upon hearing a harmless rhyme that happened to have racist roots a century ago has one great big chip on her shoulder.

For those of you defending PC idiocy, how would you like to be forced to apologize to your college class for having used the phrase "Black Friday" to refer to a day when the stock market took a deep fall? PC here to stay? I certainly hope not.
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