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 You're so completely convinced of your own certitude that you can't allow for another possibility of truth. It's beginning to get quite frustrating. I am now convinced that it's not that you are unable to understand the alternative, but that you refuse to understand the alternative. I'm begging you ... PLEASE stop changing my words. (By ""my words"" I do not mean ""the article"". I mean please stop changing my argument into something that I never said and that was never said, just so you can punch down something ridiculous.  

 For example, ""I do not agree that the Merriam-Webster description of 'sometimes offensive' should be reinterpreted to mean 'some people prefer to be called Oriental'."" First of all, you have no clue what some people prefer.  You really don't. The fact is SOME PEOPLE (the Oriental Playboys for example) DO prefer to be called Oriental.  What I said and ""sometimes offensive"" does not mean ""always offensive"".  ""Sometimes offensive"" does not mean ""offensive"" when referring to people.  Did it ever dawn on you that the people who write the dictionary have already had this discussion?  After much discussion, they probably agree that the term was ""sometimes offensive"".  I agree that the term is ""sometimes offensive"", but for some reason the dictionary doesn't seem to be a good enough source for you.   

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