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Originally Posted by SGK
Fair enough, but if they, being the locals, want to maintain signposts which are openly offensive to certain people, then they have to accept a good deal of criticism. At what point do the 'newcomers' become 'locals' and, therefore, become legitimate critics of the name according to members of this forum? Can you give me a specific time frame?
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Why are they offensive? Are we supposed to wrap people up in cotton wool and pretend the past didn't happen?
Should we ban Latin because it comes from the Romans, who went round conquering foreign, and butchering and abusing domestic populations?
Should we rename all of the towns and areas where their names are derived from their roman ones? I didn't think so...