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Headline Derogatory
Pubdate: Mon, 21 Jan 2002
Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB)
Copyright: 2002, Canoe Limited Partnership.
Contact: http://www.fyiedmonton.com/htdocs/edmsun.shtml
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135
Author: Jim White
Note: Parenthetical comment at bottom courtesy of Sun Editor
HEADLINE DEROGATORY
RE: "TOP pothead gets weed OK" was nothing less than a derogatory slur
directed at a medical patient. Would you headline a story about a
quadriplegic "Gimpy gets wheels?" Or perhaps "Lefty gets a helping hand"
for a story about someone getting a prosthetic limb?
Jim White
(Considering many potheads call themselves potheads, we were unaware it was
a derogatory slur.)
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