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Subject: Re: Todlers who could be branded racist! Posted on: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 18:41:07 +0100

Simon Dean [sjdean@...] said:
> Yellow wrote:
actually stop wallowing in self pity, accept and be proud of who you
are.
> >
> > Please explain in what way is not wanting children to be bullied is
> > "wallowing in self pity"?
> >
>
> Let me ask a different question. What words are acceptable to use? Is it
> Ok to say someone is intelligent? That someone is tall? That someone is
> blonde? What words are OK and what words aren't?

It's all about context and while I can't imagine "You're smart, you
are" being said with the sole aim to hurt, if it is used with a view to
cause upset then (obviously) it is not OK.
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