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Re: Why can't we have a Lando: Lego's Race policy
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 1 May 2000 22:02:39 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Chris Maddison writes:
> In lugnet.starwars, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > > > > > -Lord Insanity
> > > > > > (who is still trying to figure out why people don't understand that skin
> > > > > > pigmentation doesn't change one's race, that of human.)
> > > > >
> > > > > I apologize. You're right that "race" is the wrong word. Insert word • that
> > I
> > > > > can't think of in it's place (something like ethnic background?)
> > > > > -Chris
> > > >
> > > > Ethnic backround also has nothing to do with the amount of pigmentation in
> > > > one's skin.
> > > >
> > > > -Lord Insanity
> > >
> > > Well, OK, that's true also. So, YOU tell me what word to put there.
> > > -Chris
> >
> > They same thing you call yourself. Human. Either I am mentally well beyond
> > the rest of you or I am so naive it is not funny.
> >
> > -Lord Insanity
>
> OK. Human. But, we do agree that humans are, in fact, animals, yes? We try
> to separate ourselves from the animals, but we are. So, I offer this
> comparison:
> A German Shepard is a dog.
> A Dalmatian is a dog.
> A German Shepard is not a Dalmatian, nor is a Dalmatian a German Shepard. So,
> is one the same as the other? So does it make sense to compare a person of
> one color/creed/religion/gender/ect. to someone else not of the same
> color/creed/religion/gender/etc? No. Yes, before you even say it, I know
> that we're all human, but still there are differences among "groups" of
> humans, just as there are differences among breeds of dogs. Enguard.
> -Chris
The color of the dog's fur has no more impact upon its breed than a man's skin
has upon his speices. Different dog breeds have significant physical
differences not merely cosmetic ones. As far as I know there are no
significant physical differences amoung humans, only cosmetic ones.
-Lord Insanity
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