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   From: lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net   
      
   Larry Caldwell  wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > lobby.dosser.mapson@verizon.net (Lobby Dosser) says...   
   >   
   >> I don't think it depends on the size of the group, but on the   
   >> offensiveness of the term. The Oklahoma Hebes, for example, would not   
   >> pass my test.   
   >   
   > Do you really think the worshippers of the goddess Hebe would object?   
   > In Roseburg, they just erected a statue to her in a city park.   
   >   
      
   Now I see the confusion. Back east Hebe is a derogatory term for Jews.   
      
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