DECIDEDLY OFF TOPIC

Le Scaramouche, you said:

With regard to your comment:

"Hardly an example, but the Ethiopians I know are just as likely to down the cheapest vodkas as beer, but they tell me that what is traditionaly brewed is much more potent.
This, however, is unfortunate thread drift and shall stop now"

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I'm not sure what you meant by "Ethiopians I know"...At one time-in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries "Ethiopian" was a generic referent for Black people. After that time "Ethiopian' was usually reserved for people from the African nation of Ethiopia, and "African" was used as the larger group referent {since "Ethiopian" as the larger group referent had remnants of the patronizing racism of those earlier unenlightened times}...

I'm curious which way you meant that "Ethiopians I know" phrase...

Also, Le Scaramouche,you said

"This, however, is unfortunate thread drift and shall stop now."

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I'm also not sure whether you meant that your comment about the drinking habits of the "Ethiopians [you] know" is unfortunate thread drift, or my comments [whole or in part]were unfortunate thread drift.

If you meant my comments, let me say that I acknowledge that they were thread drift, but that I don't consider that drift unforunate.

I am of the school of thought that some off topic posts add to a thread interests. In the almost one year that I have been posting on Mudcat's BS threads, depending on the subject of a particular thread, I have found 'Catters and Guests may accept, invite, welcome, and even encourage & enjoy posts that temporarily go off subject.

Of course some posters go off on conversational tangents in an attempt to hijack the thread {permanently change the subject}, but that is never my intent.

I write on this forum as I talk in 'real life', meaning while I have been known to go off on tangents when I'm having a conversation [LOL!!], I eventually [smile] return to the main topic or I will [usually graciously] accept someone else's returning me to that main subject.

So having written this, Le Scaramouche, I will stop because I have a mind to {and not because you said to}.

Peace,


Azizi