Dan Harkins wrote: > Please. A ghetto is a homogeneous region for some sort of homogeneity. > That could be ethnic but "ghetto" is not necessarily some slur against > poor people or people of some ethnic background. In this case the ghetto > is going to be golfers, most likely affluent ones, in their plus-fours > and some plaid nightmare of an outfit. > > We've already lost the word "niggardly" and the phrase "chocolate > soldier", neither of which have ethnic or racial connotation, to > political correctness. If you happen to be norwegian and disinclined to pay the frost giants for their efforts on your construction project, they may apply it as a label. It does have an ethnic connotation, just not the one that's generally supposed... :/ > Let's not toss out "ghetto" too. > > Dan. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@xxxxxxxx > http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf > _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx http://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf