Where is my dictionary?

Graham Kitchen
Corporate Records Manager
Unified Western Grocers
5200 Sheila Street
Commerce, California 90040
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Records Management Program 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Larry Medina
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 8:05 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Suggested [RM] "Glass Walls" and Records
> 
> > No judgment on anyone, let's just remember that even in the 
> United States
> > our own profession is represented by professionals from 
> every corner of the
> > planet.
> 
> 
> May be true, but someone who regularly speaks at our events 
> and has made his
> share of money from Consultations and Publications being sold 
> to us seems to
> question if we truly are "a profession".
> 
> http://www.irch.com/articles/articl02.htm
> 
> I believe these are currently called "Glass" or "Paper" 
> walls, the other
> > term is not only not politically correct, it is also 
> considered pejorative
> > by some.
> >
> 
> Y'know.... I've waited a while to make a comment about this 
> "discussion"
> that stemmed from someone asking an honest question using a 
> term that is
> relatively widely known, and asking for something that might be more
> accurately descriptive, in fact, I had someone try to talk to 
> me like a
> Dutch Uncle about not getting into this at all, but it sort 
> of seems like a
> Mexican Standoff.... some people can't seem to decide which 
> Side of the
> Border they come from on this issue... but I hope no one Gets 
> Their Irish Up
> over my thoughts on this... but I think all of this pointless 
> discussion has
> been like a Chinese Fire Drill !!
> 
> And while I don't believe I've EVER seen anyone use the term 
> "pejorative" on
> this Listserv over the many years I've been involved with it, 
> I KNOW no one
> has ever intended anything they've said to be taken as an 
> ethnophaulism!!
> 
> Happy 4th of July Weekend to all of the Americans, Canadians 
> and everyone
> else. because I know for a fact THEY DO HAVE 4th of July in 
> other Nations,
> it just might not mean the same thing to everyone.
> 
> Larry
> 
> .... allow me to remove my tongue, which was firmly planted 
> in my cheek.
> -- 
> Larry Medina
> Danville, CA
> RIM Professional since 1972
> 
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