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From: "Prasad, Ramit" <ramit.prasad@jpmorgan.com>
To: "python-list@python.org" <python-list@python.org>
Subject: RE: Comparing strings from the back?
Thread-Topic: Comparing strings from the back?
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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 22:43:36 +0000
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Dwight Hutto wrote:=0D=0A> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 4:20 AM, alex23 <wuwei23=
@gmail=2Ecom> wrote:=0D=0A> > On Sep 14, 6:04 pm, Dwight Hutto <dwightdhu=
=2E=2E=2E@gmail=2Ecom> wrote:=0D=0A> >> > Using foreign names derogatively =
is a common tactic of the racist=2E=0D=0A> >>=0D=0A> >> Not really=2E But n=
ice spin on my pun to make me look bad=2E=0D=0A> >=0D=0A> > It actually *is=
* common behaviour of racists=2E=0D=0A> >=0D=0A> =0D=0A> Not if there name =
is ramit=2E What if your name was john? I'd say I'll=0D=0A> be right back, =
I have to go take a crap on the john=2E It's a joke about=0D=0A> a name, no=
t where it originates=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AOkay, so maybe not racist but instead o=
ffensive juvenile humor?=0D=0AI suppose that is better=2E=2E=2E=0D=0A=0D=0A=
> =0D=0A> >> It's similar to if I said, this is real 'queer' of you to do y=
a big=0D=0A> >> pansy, and next you'll be calling me a homophobe=2E=0D=0A=
=0D=0AUm, yes! You are using 'queer' and 'pansy' as a derogatory comparison=
 =0D=0Awhich falls under the definition for homophobia=2E=0D=0A=0D=0A"Homop=
hobia is a range of negative attitudes and feelings toward homosexuality or=
 people who are identified or perceived as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or =
transgender (LGBT)=2E Definitions refer variably to antipathy, contempt, pr=
ejudice, aversion, irrational fear, and hatred=2E"=0D=0A~ First two sentenc=
es on Wikipedia=0D=0A=0D=0A> >=0D=0A> > Well, *yes*=2E Because your choice =
of that terminology as derogatory=0D=0A> > shows you view it as derogatory=
=2E=0D=0A=0D=0A> =0D=0A> No it was a loose analogy to show that he's just t=
rying to use=0D=0A> anything he can say to slam me, and everyone can know i=
t wasn't meant=0D=0A> as racist=2E=0D=0A=0D=0ASince I was unsure myself if =
you were trying to be offensive or racist,=0D=0AI would disagree with "ever=
yone can know it wasn't meant as racist"=2E=0D=0A=0D=0A> =0D=0A> >> Try har=
der, because no one would ever believe I was a racist, and if=0D=0A> >> the=
y did, it's an uninformed decision based off of cherry picken=0D=0A> >> phr=
ases out of context=2E=0D=0A> >=0D=0A> > Oh, so *now* context is important=
=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A> Never said it wasn't=2E The whole conversation to me is =
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