On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 06:23:18 GMT, Travers Naran
<tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca> brought down from the Mount
tablets inscribed:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:52:56 GMT, Travers Naran
>> <tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca> brought down from the Mount
>> tablets inscribed:
>> 
>> 
>>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 18:59:04 GMT, Travers Naran
>>>><tnaran@no-more-virii-please.direct.ca> brought down from the Mount
>>>>tablets inscribed:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Michael Cash wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:36:56 +0900, "Fabian" <lajzar@hotmail.com>
>>>>>>brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Winston hu kiteb:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>They were looking forward to the gaijin visiting. It is not fair to
>>>>>>>>provide them with asian students.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Yes, it would be terrible if the Japanese kids had their illusiosn 
>>>>>>>shatterred and learned that Australia is actually a multi-cultural 
>>>>>>>society wouldn't it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Or that "Australian" isn't a race.
>>>>>
>>>>>What about the aboriginals?
>>>>
>>>>The fact that you used a different word there ought to go a long way
>>>>towards helping you answer that question for yourself.
>>>
>>>Well, the full term is Australian aboriginals (to distinguish them from the 
>>>British transported type Australians), and their "race" (if you can call it 
>>>that) exists no where else on the planet.
>> 
>> You have used the word "Australian" twice there to refer to two
>> distinct groups of people....which sort of weakens any point that you
>> may wish to be making that the word "Australian" denotes a race of
>> people.
>
>Well, all the groups in Australia do have a distinctive culture, language
>and cuisine. ;-)  Unless Foster's commercials lie to me.
>
>But then again, some Japanese seem to refer to アメリカ人 as a racial
>description.


Yes, some do.

I recall one once who remarked that a certain Canadian didn't look
Canadian, but instead looked more American. So I guess Canadian is a
race too.




--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College