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Hi Jacques:

On 7/8/07 2:15 AM, in article
mail-4D187A.19155206082007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jacques"
<mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So what *is* it that, in your view, is "implicit in the culture" of
using the term? How can racist thinking be "implicit" in a term despite
not being intended by the person using the term?

I think what you mean is that people may reasonably be offended by terms
which are not intended to be racist by the person using them, and in
which racist thinking is therefore not "implicit" at all. While that may
be true of some terms, it's hard to see how anyone could reasonably be
offended by the use of a word in a sense which implies great skill. To
bowl a chinaman is, almost by definition, to bowl well.

Particularly if you happen to BE a Chinese Person :-)

I am in Beijing right now, and I am sure the members of the fledgling
Beijing Cricket club would be delighted and very proud if they managed to
bowl "a chinaman".

The Chinese treat people with great courtesy, ESPECIALLY foreigners. They
expect us to do the same for them. They can take a joke, and once they know
you, they will tease you outrageously!

If you come to Beijing for the Olympics next year, you'll probably get
swamped in the hordes (Olympics are like that: I know, we just had one in
Sydney...)

But the greatest danger you will face is over-eating. And chances are, you
will have such a good time you will want to come back :-)

Just don't expect to out-bling them with your technology. Everything you
use is MADE here, and they drip cell phones wherever they go :-) It's the
first time I have seen a waiter in a restaurant take my order on a mobile
phone :-) A MacBook from the Apple Store in Shanghai will set you back
RMB11,000 (about $200 cheaper than Sydney, roughly the same as the USA
price). More if you want Windows on it too.

Cheers

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