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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well Sunil, since you insist on trying to chase me
out onto a thin limb, I'll give you my take on comments such as the one you
refer to. You won't like or agree with it, I suspect, but here goes. Please bare
in mind that I speak for myself and not anyone else to who you might attribute a
lack of sensitivity.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When someone makes a remark like "All ragheads are
vermin and have no right to live" it is inexcusably racist and deserves to be
denounced at every possible turn.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When someone says "That miserable raghead just cut
the head off of a American non-combatant," it is a minor lapse of manner(s) or
tact. Unfortunate but, forgivable. Not, in my opinion, an indication of racism
per se.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In the first you are calmly stating your
contemptible and unsupportable opinion of a large group/race of people. In the
second you are expressing your anger and frustration at an individual or small
group of proven evil doers with language that is intemperate and poorly
chosen.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Racism is, in my opinion, demonstrated by
actions. It is hinted at, sometimes incorrectly, by individual
words.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope that this does not change your opinion of my
fitness as company on the list.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>g</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From: "Sunil Ramalingam" <</FONT><A
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>sunilramalingam@hotmail.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cc: <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 9:31
PM</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Godwin's Law Strikes
Again!</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>> Gary,<BR>> <BR>> Are racist slurs minor lapses of manner or
tact?<BR>> <BR>> I hope this question isn't considered trash talk, or
'self righteous, self <BR>> satisfied, school yard sputtering,' though you
may well consider me an <BR>> additional player; happy to have you as company
on that list.<BR>> <BR>> Sunil<BR>> <BR>> <BR>>>From: "g.
crabtree" <</FONT><A href="mailto:jampot@adelphia.net"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>jampot@adelphia.net</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>><BR>>>To:
<</FONT><A href="mailto:debismith@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>debismith@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>,
<</FONT><A href="mailto:suehovey@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>suehovey@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>>, <</FONT><A
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial
size=2>><BR>>>CC: </FONT><A href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>vision2020@moscow.com</FONT></A><BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Godwin's Law Strikes
Again!<BR>>>Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 20:07:27
-0800<BR>>><BR>>>Extremely interesting. Should someone from the
mildly conservative side of <BR>>>the fence have a minor lapse of manners
or tact, the squealing and <BR>>>castigation rises to a level at which our
canine friends experience <BR>>>profound and lasting aural
pain.<BR>>><BR>>>But on the other hand it's OK to demean the
offender with a level of <BR>>>calumny several orders of magnitude greater
then anything originally said. <BR>>>I mean really, when you feel you have
to resort to not so subtly calling <BR>>>someone's mother a bitch along
with the silly BS in the post to which I'm <BR>>>responding, you really
have to wonder If Ms. Hovey, Ms. R-S, Mr. Fox, and <BR>>>the rest of the
usual suspects have any sense of irony at all. Double <BR>>>standard risen
to the power of hypocritical joke. What's even funnier is <BR>>>that this
communication will likely raise the trash talk to the next level <BR>>>as
well as spread it to additional players. Who needs comedy central when
<BR>>>we've got the V.<BR>>><BR>>>Commence self righteous,
self satisfied, school yard sputtering,<BR>>>g<BR>>><BR>>
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