Although this is decidedly off topic, I don't think that the word Oriental is offensive in the least. In fact our phone book contains 49 companies whose names start with Oriental. There used to be an airline in Japan called Oriental Air Bridge. Russell Ng SIN At 09:47 PM 4/16/03 -0700, you wrote: >Oh yes, I am quite certain that this female ambassador did used >specifically that "O" word in her conversation to describe her own ethnic >race.....suuuuuure ! ;-) And Mr. Ng, no comments to add as to Mr. >Whitenight referring to yourself and others from Asia with the politically >and ethnically incorrect "O" word ? ;-) > >Richard A Whitenight <rum.runner@xxxxxxxx> wrote:Knee how maw Russell? > >On my latest Ambassador shift at DFW, I saw fliers from Japan wearing >their masks. One of my fellow DFW Ambassadors (originally from Japan), >indicated that even if the chances were slight that they could get SARS >at our airport, she said that Orientals are extremely nervous and over >protective when it comes to their health. > >Richard Whitenight >Arlington, Texas >DFW > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.