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Re: LEGO Made in China & Charges of Racism
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Sat, 8 Sep 2001 04:29:59 GMT
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Hey David,
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Lukens writes:
> Greg Perry wrote:
> > LFB - thanks for the further validation that my original posting was not
> > guilty of the charges that others were so quick to hurl at it. As it so
> > typical with the people who screech "Racism!" and "Bigot!" (and living here
> > in Richmond, Virginia I get to hear plenty of that) there's not going to be
> > any follow up that provides proof of their charges. For people like this it
> > seems that once they invoke the "R-Word" that's the end of the discussion or
> > argument. In their minds they've proven their point and anyone who further
> > questions is, well they're racists too!
Yeah. That's why once I've made a charge, if it's contested, I'll
continue on (or apologize if I may have been wrong). Throwing
things around flippantly like that will eventually destroy their
meaning.
I blame television. :)
Actually, I blame our willingness to speak the unspeakable too
readily that can be traced back to Freud's psychoanalytical methods,
but that's another rant.
(Hey, maybe lugnet.off-topic.rant.pointless.jabber.jabber.jabber?)
> Welcome to The United States of the Offended.
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> For an interesting read try the "Bill of No Rights". One idea I always liked
> from it was that you do not have the right to be not offended.
Do you have a URL for a mirror of that? I read it once and
then forgot to archive the darn thing.
thanks,
LFB
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| Ooops! Bad nettiquette, but I mixed my idioms and my verbiage! In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun screws up: (...) Ack, I just reread this and it sounds really bad. I should have said "sustain my argument" and not "continue on" (...) (23 years ago, 8-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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