should obama have said what he said today

[David Cameron]

and you of course Kentonio, a true conservative in the finest British tradition

[Egbert]

Your statement says more about the "news" sources you must frequent.

My "source" just said I should stop wasting my time on brain dead idiots who couldn't even manage a McDonald's.

Well, she didn't

But that's what she would say. I'm not going to ask her opinion becuasr in her answer, she will think of something I need to do

**** that

But seriously, this is just for funsies. You are stupid and I don't need a genius to tell me that.

Thanks for the mention Sava.

[Egbert]

and you of course Kentonio, a true conservative in the finest British tradition

And you are not as terrible a DL as either of the Septic Bladder twins.

[Feckan Eejit]

lovely voice that Obama, I wonder if he sings

[Egbert]

lovely voice that Obama, I wonder if he sings

You not as terrible as the Septic Bladder DLs either.

[Alexander's Horse]

what have you got against the bladder twins BD?

[Gertrude]

if you don't know what he said go read it on any news site. I'm not going to say it here due to the fact that aeson has his 20g banning gun going. but for real... there are a number of other ways Obama could have put it.

I think a little less of him. what did it get for him. did he slip up?

He used the word "******" and I see nothing inappropriate about him mentioning that word in the context in which used the word.

It is a slur, and a derogatory label, that should not otherwise be used. However imposing correct forms of speech will not eliminate racism. I would like to broadly categorise racism into two categories:
- overt racism. This involves unambiguous insults and actual harm
- casual racism. No insults and no attempts to harm but persons are somehow excluded on the basis of race. An example of this is to toss out all job applications from members of a particular race. This does real harm as they don't get employed. There are no insults or other feedback. They send in their application and get no reply and they don't even know why they received no response. There was no observable discrimination and it would be extraordinarily difficult to prove racism occurred. All the hiring manager need say is that there were applications.

Overt racism can be, to a large extent, suppressed but that that does not address the casual racism which can make life very difficult for members of a particular race, or other group.

[Sava]

Thanks for the mention Sava.

I think of you every time that word comes to mind