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Re:Judge: NYC Seizing Thousands of Cars Without Warrants Is ... by amalcon on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @07:53AM (#10386066)
"Gypsy cab" is a slang term for an unlicensed taxi, and no longer has anything to do with the Romani people. It's not a term I personally use (outside a descriptive context like this), but it doesn't seem intended as an insult.
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Re:Judge: NYC Seizing Thousands of Cars Without Warrants Is ... by fennecfoxen on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @08:27AM (#10386185)
Maybe not, but wouldn't it be better to avoid antiquated ethnic slurs like "Gypsy cab" in favor of cool neutral terms like "unlicensed"?
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Re:Judge: NYC Seizing Thousands of Cars Without Warrants Is ... by jo909 on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @09:11AM (#10386384)
One of the (I guess intended) effects of using an aniquated slang word is to illustrate that this is not a new problem, but that this very same problem exists for so long that it got its own well known insulting term a long time ago.
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Re:Judge: NYC Seizing Thousands of Cars Without Warrants Is ... by amalcon on Wednesday October 14, 2015 @10:28AM (#10386775)
It's true, which is why I don't generally use the term myself. I was just trying to clarify the point.
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