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2008-06-02 Fifth Column

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Posted by Anonymoose 2008-06-02 14:35|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 "hajji," an ethnic slur

I have been bothered by this usage myself, but NOT because it is an ethnic slur, because it is NOT. Literally it is a term of respect, given to a Muslim who has made the pilgramage to Mecca. The disrespect is in the demeaning of the term by using it to refer to non-deserving people.

Posted by Menhadden Snogum6713 2008-06-02 15:02|| 2008-06-02 15:02|| Front Page Top

#2 How about Muji?

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2008-06-02 15:32|| 2008-06-02 15:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Anybody in ~~Kookooland~~ Seattle bother to check to see how many of these "soldiers" actually were in our military, and, if they were, how many of them were actually in Iraq?

Thought not.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-06-02 16:10|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-06-02 16:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Journalists don't need to check anymore. When they say the right things its magically true.

It's only those nasty bloggers who insist on checking so-called facts etc.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-06-02 16:25|| 2008-06-02 16:25|| Front Page Top

#5 I suspect any that are legit were in Iraq in the first year or so.

Posted by rjschwarz 2008-06-02 19:27|| 2008-06-02 19:27|| Front Page Top

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