Racism gone mad..

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Oct 3rd 2007, 8:23 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

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Originally Posted by Leslie66

Oh would you please change the record?

NOBODY CARES BUT YOU!!!!

Erm, "Americans" have been fretting over this for at least a hundred years!

ETA: I got this from Wikipedia:

"1899 cartoon from Puck Aug. 9, 1899. Uncle Sam asks, "Why should I let these freaks cast whole ballots when they are only half Americans?""

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:29 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

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Originally Posted by anotherlimey

Erm, "Americans" have been fretting over this for at least a hundred years!

ETA: I got this from Wikipedia:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...b/HYPHEN99.JPG

"1899 cartoon from Puck Aug. 9, 1899. Uncle Sam asks, "Why should I let these freaks cast whole ballots when they are only half Americans?""

What the hell are you on about now?

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:30 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

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Originally Posted by Leslie66

What the hell are you on about now?

The same thing as the previous post - hyphen Americans (or should it be hyphen-Americans?).

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:36 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

Oh no !!! Cadburys chocolate to be made in Poland ...

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:38 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

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Originally Posted by Ray

Oh no !!! Cadburys chocolate to be made in Poland ...

come on, back it up...evidence!!!

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:39 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

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Oh no !!! Cadburys chocolate to be made in Poland ...

As long as it's not white chocolate.....

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:41 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

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Originally Posted by TruBrit

come on, back it up...evidence!!!

You doubt the word of the king ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7025413.stm

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:42 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

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Originally Posted by anotherlimey

As long as it's not white chocolate .....

my favourite

oh that's not racist is it

next you know they'll be changing the name of black and white chocolate

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:44 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

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my favourite

oh that's not racist is it

next you know they'll be changing the name of black and white chocolate

Who calls it brown chocolate???

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:46 pm

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Originally Posted by Ray

You doubt the word of the king ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7025413.stm

but i hear all the poles are in the uk so dunno who they will find to work in their plant in poland

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:49 pm

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Who calls it brown chocolate???

dunno but i always liked hot chocolate

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:52 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

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Originally Posted by TruBrit

my favourite

oh that's not racist is it

next you know they'll be changing the name of black and white chocolate

But it's plain chocolate or milk I expect there'll change it to cream chocolate one of these day's

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:53 pm

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but i hear all the poles are in the uk so dunno who they will find to work in their plant in poland

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:55 pm

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Originally Posted by britvic

But it's plain chocolate or milk I expect there'll change it to cream chocolate one of these day's

black magic britvic

then there is the white chocolate and yes milk...best stay with milk then one's not offending anyone

Oct 3rd 2007, 8:58 pm

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Re: Racism gone mad..

If by now you haven't understood that "American" is code for a particular type of (white, protestant) lifestyle, culture and race, and that self-hyphenation is a result of not fitting into that code, then you've missed a fairly important issue in history and politics.

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Originally Posted by anotherlimey

Erm, "Americans" have been fretting over this for at least a hundred years!

Exactly - and Ben Franklin whining about Germans not learning English, not wanting to integrate into society, keeping ethnic enclaves...

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