View Single Post
island911 island911 is offline
Information Junky
 
island911's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: an island, upper left coast, USA
Posts: 73,167
Quote:
Originally posted by Dan in Pasadena
Not sure what you guys are saying? If you live in the United States and are an American citizen you are suppsoed to do what? Foreswear any identification to your ethnic heritage? Why? For what? Someone's arbitrary understanding of....? Loyalty? Correctivness?
.....
iMO, "American, with Irish heritage" is far less offensive than "IRISH American"

The difference is in whether a transplant happens to be living in America, vs someone who is an American first. "Prefaced American" is not at all American. This country is said to be a melting pot. ..not "tribes"
__________________
Everyone you meet knows something you don't. - - - and a whole bunch of crap that is wrong.
Disclaimer: the above was 2¢ worth.
More information is available as my professional opinion, which is provided for an exorbitant fee.
Old 07-13-2007, 02:33 PM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    #42 (permalink)