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Re: OT: [Let_It_Be_Forever_Islam] THE WORLD OF THE JINN

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Thursday, October 16, 2003, 13:26
> > I'm not sure I'd buy into capitalising "Gay" (any > > more than "Straight"), though, neither > > racio-ethnic terms. Those are kind of like > > capitalising "green eyed".
I suspect any group subjected to long-term prejudices (at least n the USA) is likely to capitolize its label: "Asians", "Blacks".
>I thought is was usual practice to capitalize the more scientifquesque >race- >labels like "Caucasoid", "Mongoloid" and "Negroid"?
"Appelachians"? "Cajuns"? _________________________________________________________________ Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account has exceeded its 2MB storage limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es

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