[arindiruppyr]

Eradicate the snowmen!

[singleGirl]

Stressful day, Sava?

[MatueHarton]

Originally posted by Sava
My armies are already being trained.

You are teaching your armies to hump snowmen?

[Nosmas]

Pekka?

[C7JjVczP]

Oh. Right. Carry on then.

[gabbaman]

In south america "indians" dont really object to being called that, they call themselves indios, even the leftist, lets worship mother earth, kill the spanish ones.
So, if they dont have a problem with it, you shouldnt either.

For me the problem with the word indians is the confussion with indians from the indian subcontinent

[Vezazvqw]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
In south america "indians" dont really object to being called that, they call themselves indios, even the leftist, lets worship mother earth, kill the spanish ones.
So, if they dont have a problem with it, you shouldnt either.

For me the problem with the word indians is the confussion with indians from the indian subcontinent yeah I think we should call people from India something else.

ghandians or something. . But yes that can be confusing.

[objennasweene]

Originally posted by Dis
ghandians or something. . But yes that can be confusing. I agree, something would be a good name for them.

The Somethings!

[WXQMQFIr]

Actually, North American Indians themselves tend to prefer "Indian" to "Native American."

But the obvious thing is to refer to people by their actual nationality -- Hopi, Cree, Iroquis, etc. When people ask her about her ancestry, my daughter doesn't say her family is European; they were Ukranian on her dad's side and Italian, Irish, and German-Jewish on her mother's. Why should it be any different for Indians?

[Cersdog]

Originally posted by Dis


yeah I think we should call people from India something else.

ghandians or something. . But yes that can be confusing. It's easy. Native Americans are Scalping Indians and sub-Continental Indians are Dot Head Indians.

[Drugmachine]

Originally posted by Brachy-Pride
I believe indians should stop calling themselves indians since the indus river no longer runs thru their country, Wrong.
Try again, Mr. "Bolivar"

[KlaraNovikoffa]

Oh. Too bad he's wrong

[Slintreeoost]

Indiginous-Americans perhaps

Also I think the Indian will incressingly be aplied to real Indians as the amount of contact, trade, travel between India and the US incresses. Already if your talking in a Information technology setting people will automaticaly assume Indian referes to someone from India.

Localy in Tuscons Arizona their are two prominent Tribes the Packo-Yaki who have a small reservation on the edge of town with Casinos ofcorse. The other Tribe the Tohono-Otudum have a sparsly populated but huge (size of Conneticut) reservation located directly on the Mexican border, illegal migrants passing through their reservation is a major issue for them.

[katespepach]

Indians from the asian subcontinent or indians from the americas?

JM

[Wymdqcvb]

Just call them "people", I think they use that term...

[alegsghed]

people? what an insult. I don't think they'd go for that.

[smokeberly]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Actually, North American Indians themselves tend to prefer "Indian" to "Native American." It really depends.

[Bounce]

Wow. That song looks like it sucks even worse than "Indian Reservation."

[evennyNiz]

Originally posted by DAVOUT
Sava,
I know a country where all people are only referred to as citizens, whatever is their color, origin or religion; it is even forbidden to mention it and to make statistics on it. Is it different from what you wish?
Tell me where that country is, for it surely is not France, where, from what I understand its quite mentioned whos an "beure", whos "noir", and I can assure you, the word "juif" is not unmentioned either, both by the "blanc" and the "beure".

Now maybe the government doesnt mention it, or keep stats, but thats hardly solved the problem.

Im not a France basher, but asserting French superiority on intergroup issues is surely something silly to do this year.

[Peapeuddedbaw]

Originally posted by lord of the mark



... asserting French superiority on intergroup issues is surely something silly to do this year. I cant see where you find an expression of superiority in my post. Is the simple mention of it a suggestion of superiority?
Regarding the problems of "this year", it is also the time when an american organisation made an inquiry all over Europe asking Muslims what they feel their identity was : based on the nation they were citizen of, or on their religion. The proportion of French Muslims answering that they identified to the nation was the highest. Sorry if you feel that "superior"; for me it is only better.