----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 3:03 PM Subject: Re: Child Soldiers RE: This week in the Middle East
> On Sat, Mar 30, 2002 at 02:42:12PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > > You are far younger than I and probably don't remember the folks who > > said "segragation now, segragation tomorrow, segragation forever, and > > then "smiled and said "heck, there isn't a racist bone in my body, > > heck some of my best friends are colored." back in the '60s. Is is > > wrong to call those folks racist? > > Do you really believe Jeroen is equivalent to these people? > That's an interesting question, and depends on who "these people" are. The short answer is that, if you said the Grand Dragon, I'd definatly say no. George Wallace did more damage, so I'd not equate Jeroen with him. But, I was really hoping you would answer my question first. I promise I'll answer your question in some depth with thought and reflection, if you would be kind enough to answer mine. I was trying to see the boundaries you had...whether one could never call another racist or anti-Semitist. Dan M.
