Then the general public is stupid and influences by race-card-playing politicians.Nobody is saying you have to use the word. I live in a world of knee-jerk idiots and it would be social suicide for me to use the word in public. So you have a point. But here, we have anonymity, so there is no need to be like the general public (AKA completely fucking retarded).You see the world as flat, I see it as round.

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If a neocon whines about big government wealth redistribution, just ask him what he thinks about the portion of that big government that sends aid to Israel.

OK. Yes, then it's not racist. Sort of like calling motel owners in the US Patel?

Agree so far, though not sure if I'd apply that description so broadly to the general public in all cases.

Whatever you say, Slon.

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What was wrong with Chavez. The whole Latino America told Bush to go home not only Chavez. You can't blame him for this he just represents voice of his people.

Listening to Chavez on C-span. He just said something about "gringo oil companies."

You REALLY think he was saying "The white-guy oil companies?"

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Probably something to the effect of "rich foreigner" oil companies or some nonsense like that (let's face it, Chavez doesn't exactly have all his marbles intact either )

I disagree. I think Chavez has full use of all his marbles... But yeah, I would say "Goddamn American Imperialistic oil companies" is what he meant by Gringo in this instance.

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"Jesus said: I have cast fire upon the world, and behold I guard it until it is ablaze."
Gospel of Thomas

Well, that might have been a wrong way to put it. I just have this tendency to assume most totalitarian (ok, Chavez's not that bad as yet) socialist dictators are a bit batty.

Call me a nut, but I much prefer the US concepts of indivualism rather than socialism ...