On Wed, 14 Jan 1998, Talswapr wrote:

fiction be offensive?  Probably.  But why doesn't the "baby-talk" imposed on
Shampoo by Viz and fanfic authors offend?  

It designates that Shampoo is an idiot, rather than that some group of
people are idiots.  

John Walter Biles :  MA-History, Ph.D Wannabe at U. Kansas         
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     Andre always was the cryptic type.  That's why I loved him so.  Our 
love was fresh like a summer day, well maybe a spring day, summer around 
here is pretty wretched and hot.  "I am climbing Jacob's ladder,"  I 
replied.  It is our wont to converse entirely through literary and 
musical allusions.  "Just another fallen angel, trying to get through the 
night."

     He nodded, "Step by Step, rung by rung.  These are the days of our 
lives."

     Oh, so true.