[Leica] Mikado

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This, unfortunately, is the Zeitgeist, yes. Rather than doing something 
about society's real problems, the upper classes engage in feel-good PC 
exercises, such as this, or making a football team change its name, etc.

Cheers,
Nathan

On 20 Jul 2014, at 15:07, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote:

> In your opinion you mean Larry? Do you speak for the people in Spain or
> Catalonia or Spanish speaking countries and presume to know what it means
> to them or are you viewing through the prism of what you think that some of
> the US population considers it means or how you use it?
> I just don't get this whole intolerance and sensitivity thing personally.
> I always thought of Gilbert and Sullivan as light opera with English style
> from the time. I have enjoyed it while being by no means an expert.  Shall
> we also condemn everything that doesn't fit the current era and political
> correctness perhaps?
> 
> 
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
> 
> 
> On 20 July 2014 22:16, Larry Zeitlin via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Richard writes:
>> the play(Mikado) is not
>> being held in high esteem in the Chinese/Japanese communities.
>> - - -
>> Well at least few on the LUG now refer to women as "senoritas." That is
>> BOTH racist and sexist.
>> Larry Z
>> 
>> 
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