Digital BW, The Print

Dear all,
I've just woken up on this side of the globe a little bemused by the 
collateral comments.
Firstly, no, the abbreviation Jap. was never meant to be offensive, 
and I do get along very well with my Japanese neighbour.
Secondly, I believe I spelt out the term 'Japanese' in the body of 
the message, which should suggest I was using the term Jap. as a 
abbreviation rather than anything else.
In our country, we're just not so careful in ensuring our comments 
are not rude, so I do apologize to anyone who was offended.
regards,
Andrew

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Biggs" 
<andy@a...> wrote:
> If I am not mistaken, Rick Murai would be in that 
category.............
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duncan Staples [mailto:gdstaples@y...] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 5:48 PM
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: Problem: Jap (sic!) carts won't work
> 
> 
> Climb off your horse and give it a break.  
> 
> If a Japanese person has a problem with the post, which I haven't 
> seen any evidence of to date, they have every right to complain.  I 
> can hardly see how the reference would offend someone that is not 
of 
> Japanese descent.  Now if you are somehow of Japanese descent I 
> apologize and give you the floor, if not get a life, there are more 
> important things to ruffle your feathers about.
> 
> Duncan
> 
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Mitch Alland 
> <malland@x> wrote:
> > For: Andrew Lee
> > 
> > Given the offensive title Andrew Lee has given to his posting --
> and 
> > don't tell me that he doesn't know what he's doing in using such 
an
> > abbreviation since he doesn't abbreviate anything else -- I 
suggest 
> > that no one should respond to his posting. This is not an 
> acceptable 
> > abbreviation for "Japanese".
> > 
> > --Mitch/Paris
> 
> 
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