Thread: Introducing elephants into N.Australia 'would be a 10-tonne cane toad'

Originally Posted by Sir Wilson

Originally Posted by \"WiserWizard\"

And here is where the problem starts. I don\\\'t find it derogatory at all, not one bit. Possibly people who use the term Abo feel exactly the same way and are incredulous as to why some find it offensive.

Unless you are Aboriginal, it is not about you.

An American redneck may find it incredulous as to why some find iNigger offensive.

Of course you have a point. It isn\'t about the people who are not being addressed, rather those who are.

As I said, I find the term Abo offensive but not the term Indon, though both groups find their moniker offensive.
This is different from nigger, however, as it isn\'t an abbreviation