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

From:Stone Gordonssen <stonegordonssen@...>
Date:Friday, October 17, 2003, 19:32
>Same here. However, I capitalise it according to >my usage. I capitalise such a name when its >derived from a place name (like Asian), but will >not when it's a colour (like white).
Which is fine - as I said, I choose not to capitalize adjectives (e.g. american, french, asian, black) in private/personal correspondence except when identifying them in some way as a (most often social) label (e.g. Pagan, Christian, White, Black). Capitalizing, besides indicating place-name-of-origin, has a place as a social-consciousness tool at least in the USA. I too wish that race, colour, religion, sexual-pref, made no difference to societies as a whole; but I also wish there were no wars, no hunger, etc. _________________________________________________________________ Want to check if your PC is virus-infected? Get a FREE computer virus scan online from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963