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Re: I did not call Lenny a racist was Re: When to speak one's mind?
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Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:57:43 GMT
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> Not to get into it, but if someone states, "I hear you're a racist", that
> someone did not explicitly say "You are a racist" and can state "I didn't say
> you were a racist, I just said 'I *heard* you were a racist"
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> Just like if someone stated "Your stance here is bordering on racism!" That
> someone didn't state that the guy was racist, but inferred that he or she was
> pretty close to the line.
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> It may be a matter of degrees, but, to me, it sounds like the kids in the back
> seat of the car--
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> "Mom! Billy's got his hand on my side of the seat!"
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> "No I dont! See? Here's the center line and my hand is just to my side!"
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> It's still dancing pretty close to the line, in my opinion.
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> "I hear you beat your wife..." (to bring up another o.t-d standby...)
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> Dave K
Although I disagree with the similarity to the "I hear you beat your wife..."
argument (what I said was definitely not a leading question) if you see that it
can be construed as me saying that Lenny was a racist then I will take the
criticism. I was in fact picking my words carefully to ensure that I {wasn't}
implying he was a racist but if a neutral observer didn't see that then I
obviously failed.
In that case, I apologise to you Lenny for saying something that sounded that
way. I genuinely didn't intend to imply you were a racist in any way, shape or
form.
Yours sincerely,
Tim
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