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I know very well what the meaning is. I have heard the term used and always found it offensive.
When I come across things like this now, I make a point of discussing it.
I also wasn't sure if you were reciting something from the book so I didn't want to blow it out of proportion, but it IS offensive and is not ok.
There was a documentary about Madoff that was really good, too. I think it was on Netflix. One 'little' guy IIRC apparently figured out his scam and could not believe other 'professionals' did not see what was going on. then the whole thing blew up.
I might have to read this book.
I know very well what the meaning is. I have heard the term used and always found it offensive.
When I come across things like this now, I make a point of discussing it.
I also wasn't sure if you were reciting something from the book so I didn't want to blow it out of proportion, but it IS offensive and is not ok.
There was a documentary about Madoff that was really good, too. I think it was on Netflix. One 'little' guy IIRC apparently figured out his scam and could not believe other 'professionals' did not see what was going on. then the whole thing blew up.
I might have to read this book.
I agree, but I am pretty sure that the intent was not to be offensive . I thought about notifying a moderator but I think just pointing this out, and having people re think their choice of words is ok with me.
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I just finished reading True Myths/Nigel Andrews, life and times of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
I love reading rags to riches stories as well as, far fewer, riches to rags stories.
Quite amazing how this ambitious man won any number of body building awards, became a movie star and miraculously, the Governor of California for 8 years.
He was classified as a Republican but a very moderate Republican who loved to smoke Marijuana, and he didn't even try to hide it.
I'm currently reading J Edgar Hoover and Clyde Tolson, his Gay lover of decades, by Darwin Porter.
Any time a President wished to get rid of Hoover, he'd do a thorough investigation and always came up with enough dirt to make them change their minds.
FDR wanted badly to get rid of him, Hoover did an investigation, found out FDR had a mistress and Eleanor was having Lesbian affairs.
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy and LBJ all want to get rid of him, but they were held hostage by Hoover.
A monster of a man!
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