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Originally Posted by E93
Does knowledge of the etymology of a racial slur make it ok? Does the existence of worse racial slurs make it ok? Obviously 1945 was a different time from 2011, but this is a strange battle to choose to fight.
JimB
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Jim- I felt the same way but chose not to respond. I am reading the Bulletin in 2011, and while I understand the common use of those words in 1945, they are unacceptable today. That's all I meant, no more. The N-word was commonly used in this country a century ago, but we would find it distasteful if we saw it in print today.
Hope this thread doesn't turn into a nasty debate; I was just making an observation. I understand the horrors soldiers went through in WWII but my comment was about word usage.