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I see what you mean. However, this community (Inukjuak) does have an official police presence. The cops were called. As they should have been.>> ^notarobot:

If he was doing something criminal, the municipal officer probably would have pursued him with a little more effort. I assume he was just concerned that Mr. Faceplant was probably too drunk to drive and should walk (the ten feet) to his house. In a community that size, that SUV probably was the local detachment.
I was chuckling at the drunken shenanigans until I saw that he had left parts of his face by his snowmobile.
<div><div style="margin: 10px; overflow: auto; width: 80%; float: left; position: relative;" class="convoPiece"> Throbbin said:<img style="margin: 4px 10px 10px; float: left; width: 40px;" src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/t/Throbbin-s.jpg" onerror="ph(this)"><div style="position: absolute; margin-left: 52px; padding-top: 1px; font-size: 10px;" class="commentarrow">◄</div><div style="padding: 8px; margin-left: 60px; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 30px;" class="nestedComment box">I assume he was running because he saw the police coming. That SUV in the video was a municipal vehicle, and would have called the local detachment.</div></div></div>
<div><div style="margin: 10px; overflow: auto; width: 80%; float: right; position: relative;" class="convoPiece"> notarobot said:<img style="margin: 4px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 40px;" src="http://static1.videosift.com/avatars/n/notarobot-s.jpg" onerror="ph(this)"><div style="position: absolute; margin-top: 1px; right: 52px; font-size: 10px;" class="commentarrow">►</div><div style="padding: 8px; margin-right: 60px; margin-top: 2px; min-height: 30px;" class="nestedComment box">It was funny until I saw him run for the house! Damn!
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>> ^Throbbin:

I assume he was running because he saw the police coming. That SUV in the video was a municipal vehicle, and would have called the local detachment.>> ^notarobot:
It was funny until I saw him run for the house! Damn!



If he was doing something criminal, the municipal officer probably would have pursued him with a little more effort. I assume he was just concerned that Mr. Faceplant was probably too drunk to drive and should walk (the ten feet) to his house. In a community that size, that SUV probably was the local detachment.

I was chuckling at the drunken shenanigans until I saw that he had left parts of his face by his snowmobile.

Thats too bad that they don't agree. The Cree in northern Manitoba confirm that they call us Eskimo based on "eaters of raw-meat", but hey, what do they know?

Qallunaq (also pronounced kabloonak) comes from kabluk (eyebrows), and naak (stomach). The story goes that Scottish whalers who came over in the 1700's had big bushy eyebrows and big stomachs - and the name stuck.

You can call me a snow-chink if you want. I won't feed that troll.>> ^xxovercastxx:

>> ^Throbbin:
it's actually a Cree word that the French adopted
Very few linguists, apparently, agree with that etymology.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo#Origin_of_the_name_Eskimo
What's 'Qallunaq' translate to?
How about we call you guys 'snow-chinks'?

>> ^Throbbin:

it's actually a Cree word that the French adopted

Very few linguists, apparently, agree with that etymology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo#Origin_of_the_name_Eskimo

What's 'Qallunaq' translate to?

How about we call you guys 'snow-chinks'?

I wasn't faulting anyone for not knowing he's Inuk, my comment was more of a disagreement with your characterization of "eskimo" as a racial slur.>> ^kir_mokum:

>> ^nanrod:
Are youse guys really lecturing Throbbin on the use of the term Eskimo. Why don't you ask him instead, he is after all an Inuk. And while Eskimo has become a passe term in Canada it is still commonly used in Alaska. And while the Unuit people may find offensive meaning in the term it has hardly been used as a racial insult. For the most part it has been used as a generic term to describe all Arctic peoples by people who had no idea of its real meaning.

you can't really fault anyone on that since it's not exactly self evident info.

>> ^Throbbin:

While I'm not crazy about the word 'Eskimo' (it's actually a Cree word that the French adopted), we do use it amongst ourselves.
As for others using it - a friend of mine once asked an Inuk Elder what he thought about the word. The Elder responded that we never asked white people what they wanted to be called (we call them Qallunaq), so why should we get upset about what people call us?



Awesome post. This needs to be re-read again. A word is not derogatory unless it is meant to be so. There are words for other cultures everywhere on the planet. Someone should see what Russia and China have decided to call peoples living in the Siberian Tundra. Same situation?

Eskimo in Canada became a political hot button issue, but the word was not meant to be offensive. It is mildly like the usage of Indian in place of Native Americans. All Indians I know do not mind; if they do they tell you what they prefer (Apache, Ute, etc...).

Go compare the history with "Eskimo" and bigotry. Then look up any of the rest that are very well known biased, derogatory, racial slurs, and more...like: Ni;#er, Uncle Tom, Aunt Jemima, Apple (Indian (or N.A.) that acts white), and ethnic slurs across the world.

That's probably the coolest thing I've read in a long time

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While I'm not crazy about the word 'Eskimo' (it's actually a Cree word that the French adopted), we do use it amongst ourselves.

As for others using it - a friend of mine once asked an Inuk Elder what he thought about the word. The Elder responded that we never asked white people what they wanted to be called (we call them Qallunaq), so why should we get upset about what people call us?

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