Michael Doelle wrote:

> That's also why Mika's suggestion that I not consider
appearance at all.  Kind of hard to do when it is that very appearance
that's the focus of the message.<

Except that YOU decided to focus on that.

For the third, and I hope, last time.  That is correct.  I'm the one that
chose the focus and that is why I had a need for a word to describe what my
focus was.  I can not focus on something else when the nature of the person
under discussion is the focus of the comment in the first place.

>It also might be of interest to note that the people of the Bahamas are
not generally considered
Oriental, politically correctly or not.

Bahamians aren't considered Asians  by most people. But thanks for pointing
that out to us.

Hey, you're the one that said I tried to shift it to the Bahamians.  All I
said was that what I saw was in the Bahamas.

> ..., please give us your term for the people that
prepare the raw fish you refer to as sashimi.  Could they, just possibly,
be
considered Asian? <

They can also be 'considered' Germans or Latvians or Brazilians or USAians
What's your point?

I see.  So when you want sashimi, you ask the information desk at your hotel
for a good German restaurant, right?  You're really reaching a long way to
avoid admitting the issue.

you go to a German, Latvian or Brazilian restaurant for sashimi?

>I've not eaten sashimi, or any other Asian delicacy which claims raw fish
as
one of its primary ingredients.<

Bad choice, I think. Checked your cholesterol lately?

Yes.  Have you checked my cholesterol lately?  What is your point?

>In other words, you're weaseling out of this one too.  You're living up to
your new name.<

I've tried to explain the function of a dictionary to you. The fact that
you steadfastly refuse to understand my point is obvious.

Whaddaya mean 'living up to my new name'. I damn well hope so. Please spell
it Wiesel in the future, I'm German.

I'm still waiting on where you get your definitions.

Lee