If Mexicans are offended by ‘Mexican standoff,’ we shouldn’t use it
KAMLOOPS — One has to be careful with the use of words, but how careful?
An RCMP report on Wednesday told of a routine traffic stop on Halston Avenue. While the officer was talking to the people in the car, another car pulled up and the occupant of the second car started yelling that there were guns in the first car.
At which point someone in the first car started yelling that it was the people in the second car who had guns.
Backup was called and a very tense situation was resolved when it was found the only ones with guns were the police. When writing the story, I originally said a sort of Mexican standoff had occurred, as it turned out without any guns.