Where have you been?

Some of you, Mr Anonymous in particular, might think that other countries are exactly like America. Same values, same goals, same everything. Even the same words with the same meanings. This in fact could not be further from the truth. We have already seen the example of the 'C-word', which we will talk about again soon, but today I wanted to talk about the 'N-word'. Nigger. Thats right. Nigger. In America this is about the dirtiest, most awful word someone can use. Calling someone this in anger is like asking to have not only your ass kicked but to be socially ostracized by everyone you know too. Just ask Dog from 'The Bounty Hunter' fame; his life fell apart after using that word. In many places in Europe, however, it is simply a word used to descirbe people from Africa. No strings attached or anything. Point in case: we went to a costume party this past weekend and someone was dressed as a hippy with bell bottoms and an afro. His friend, speaking directly to me in English, pointed, laughed, and said "Look, a white Polish nigger!"

A photo of graffiti on a Piastów bus stop. This is the "L" of KP Legia Warszawa, the local Warsaw football team. It is a popular thing to write on walls probably because it is easy to do for people with no artistic ability. Stupid kids that do this type of thing give real graffiti artists a bad name.