Congratulations are in order to outgoing Virginia Senator George Allen. He may have lost a tight race for re-election, but at least his campaign wasn't a total waste of time. The word "macaca"--famously used by Allen to describe a man of Indian descent--has been dubbed 2006's "Most Politically Incorrect Word." According to the nonprofit group Global Language Monitor, not only is the word a slang racist term, but it cost the Republicans the U.S. Senate altered the political landscape of America.
So the question now becomes: Does naming a kid "George" make him grow up to be an idiot, or are they named George because parents subconsciously already know that their kid will become an idiot later in life?
Friday, December 15, 2006
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