Re[2]: [tied] "Niggers of India"

From: Brian M. Scott
Message: 42532
Date: 2005-12-16

At 8:23:45 PM on Thursday, December 15, 2005, Patrick Ryan
wrote:

[...]

> If I called you 'discriminating', you would be insulted
> today. 15 years ago, you would have been flattered.

'He's a discriminating fellow' is nomrally intended
positively, and 'He's discriminating against X' is normally
intended negatively; this hasn't changed in the last 15
years.

[...]

Brian