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Old August 5th 03, 02:56 AM
Brenda Ann
 
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Its (The Dawn Soliloquy) wrote in message
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Also, the inexcusable misspelling of faggot. It shows that you are in need

of
sensitivity training, probably not realizing that the term can also be

applied
to a cigarette or a bundle of sticks or wrought iron.

To imply that this man is a "bundle of sticks" is absolutely absurd, or

that
he is a cigarette, nonsensical to the nth degree. Please be careful with
those words, they can entirely misrepresent your intended message if they

are
equivocal.


There is an actual etomology of the word "faggot" being used to refer to a
homosexual. It comes from middle English, IIRC. From a time when
homosexuals, like some witches, were burned in England. It was used so:
"Throw another faggot on the fire."