Yeah, Plonker Man just tried to email me direct but my anti-Spam software caught it and binned it. No doubt it was another diatribe about how his mates in Australia are going to come over to my place and beat the crap out of me. You'd think with all the medication around, something would work for him. Grant SYD QF At 06:06 AM 17/04/03 -0400, you wrote: >Grant, >I was going to write "You are Polish, what do you care? " in there but then >I >remembered the promise I made not to be sucked into these kind of debates to >Geert :) > >That was funny though :) > >BAHA ACUNER - CFI,CFII,MEI > >www.bahadiracuner.com >www.acuwings.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of >Grant McKenzie >Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 4:01 AM >To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: Travel Advisory > > >No, it isn't at all Russell, you're quite right. It's just our old friend >Poon being a dickhead as usual. I think Erik has kicked his latest >incarnation off Skyone but obviously Geert hasn't caught on yet. > >Grant >SYD >QF > > >At 03:12 PM 17/04/03 +0800, you wrote: > >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.