| From: | "Paul Wynter (Seraph)" <seraph@********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Racism in RN |
| Date: | Thu, 24 Sep 1998 08:00:38 -0700 |
> BTW, Who or what is "Jerry Curl"? Another one of the list members
>accused me of being racist for using the term "Jerry-Rigging" in an
>earlier post saying that it referred to "Jerry Curl" which was a racist
>remark.
> It would appear that some of our more sensitive list members are
>on a racist streak that, really and truly, has no place over an electronic
>medium. If I was to tell all of you I was a green-skinned man from Mars,
>visiting Earth to pick up some hot babes for our leader back home, I doubt
>seriously that most of you (i.e. except for the three of you I've met)
>could prove otherwise.
> As far as I know and care, all of you are ideas coming to me,
>every day, in my Email box. Some of your ideas I like, some I don't. I'm
>sure many of you have similar viewpoints of my posts. At no time does
>your race, creed, color, or national origin really register or, frankly,
>matter to me. You folks are, for my purposes, a sounding board for my
>ideas and I try to be a sounding board for yours. Kind of like a big
>electronic think-tank.
>
> The entire purpose of this post, to try to sum it up in one
>sentence:
> "It's just an idea in an electronic mail box that has no more
>weight to it than what you give it."
>
>Fixer --------------}
Exactly. People can be so touchy. :}
Lets all just chill. Its not the words, its the intent when used...
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