Sineater - Yank questions :)

[lobs211]

Sineater - Is "Yank" like racial vilification? Is that politically incorrect?

Anyway - trying to take my mind off my business in other thread and I have some questions 🙂

ok so I really wanna know: Do black Americans have a connection with Africa? Do they consider it home? Do they like go back and find their people/ tribe/ families?

Can they trace that? And do they identify by tribe? So eg) If Oprah met Obama - do they talk tribes? Areas thier people from or do they just consider themselves American?? and have no connection to country?

I really wanna know this - thanks 🙂

[jimmy*part4]

Over the long term, the KKK is clearly contracting, since its rolls have shrunk from millions in the 1920s to between 3,000 and 5,000 today.

They're a joke and irrelevant to most people.

And how about not turning this into a guns in the US debate, it's been done to death!

At least you still have gun laws.

Oops!  No, you don't do you?

No oops, you were fully aware.

[donnasks]

" Is "Yank" like racial vilification? Is that politically incorrect?"

I'm in the US.

When I hear "Yank" from anyone from any other country,  I think of it as a greeting of friendship left over from World War II.

In the US the word is a left-over reference to the US civil war  - the Yanks (north) versus the Rebels (south). 

It makes me feel welcome when I see it used in an Australian post, but then again,  maybe not everyone in Australia who uses the word still uses it the way I think they mean it.  🙂

Donna

[jimmy*part4]

And now I have to go clean my computer after googling that filth.

[j*oono]

Jimmy, why can't I ask?  It should be done to death.  I'd like to counter that.  This is one of the things in Australia that we really can't understand about America.  The debate comes up (here) every time there is another shooting incident.

[j*oono]

Donna, no one in Australia uses Yank as a derogative terms.  It's just like saying Pom or Kiwi.  They are friendly terms.

[donnasks]

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@j*oono wrote:

I really don't agree with that.  When gun shops are closed down then it will make it harder for criminals to buy them. Shut down gun stores and three quarters or more of the problem is gone.

How many kids in Australia can get their hands on a gun?  In my area, probably zilch.

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I thought you knew Americans better.

If it came down to it, what wasn't still around under the radar, we'd probably make ourselves.

Something of note to add.  Many of the people who belong to the "criminal element"  are actually quite inventive and intelligent.   Too bad they didn't choose the right side of society. 

[isgodnu]

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@j*oono wrote:

I really don't agree with that.  When gun shops are closed down then it will make it harder for criminals to buy them. Shut down gun stores and three quarters or more of the problem is gone.

How many kids in Australia can get their hands on a gun?  In my area, probably zilch.

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You are isolated in a controlled geographical location. We have thousands of weapons crossing our land borders every day in both directions. Our government has no interest in securing our borders. In fact they ship weapons all over the world to foreign despots. Many of them end upcoming back.

[j*oono]

Do you have a gun in your house Donnasks and what would you do if you felt the need to use it? Shoot someone?

I would freak out if I knew there was one that my kids could get their hands on.

[isgodnu]

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@j*oono wrote:

Do you have a gun in your house Donnasks and what would you do if you felt the need to use it? Shoot someone?

I would freak out if I knew there was one that my kids could get their hands on.

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Then don't keep it where they can get their hands on it. That would be quite irresponsible.

[j*oono]

OK Godsnu.  It's late here but an interesting conversation (sorry Jimmeh).  Something I still think needs to be taken back to basics and not let everyone get their hands on a gun so easily.

Night from me 🙂