Wow Wikipedia was the only place that had the original meaning and not the slur or slang meaning.<div><br></div><div>"
<span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">A </span><b style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">ghetto</b><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> is a section of a city predominantly occupied by a group who live there, especially because of social, economic, or legal issues. The term was originally used in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice" title="Venice" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">Venice</a><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> to describe the area where </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews" title="Jews" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(11,0,128);background-image:none;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px">Jews</a><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> were compelled to live."</span><br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Steve Totaro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stotaro@asteriskhelpdesk.com">stotaro@asteriskhelpdesk.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hey Alex,<div><br></div><div>Hope you are well.</div><div><br></div><div>Just a piece of advice. Many or most people do not know the real definition of ghetto and take it as a negative, poor, racial, black, connotation. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Your vocabulary and and ability to articulate correctly can get you in trouble sometimes.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyone that thinks that the word "Ghetto" means anything above, or a racial slur should look up the true definition.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It isn't even an insult to the Asterisk Community. By definition, the "Asterisk Community" is an online "Ghetto".</div><div><br></div><div>Just wanted to clear that up before someone tries to label you.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Steve T</div><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Alex Balashov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:abalashov@evaristesys.com" target="_blank">abalashov@evaristesys.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">IAX is not supported or taken seriously outside the Asterisk ghetto, and that's good enough reason not to use it, IMHO.<span><font color="#888888"><br>
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