Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:55:18 +0100
From: "Gabe Menezes" [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Bloody cheek to state: barging in on a dicussion, when the same was
said of him, he contended that this was a public forum and anyone and
everyone could participate. Seems that, what is sauce for the Goose is
not sauce for the Gander!
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This is for the man, who runs with the hare and hunts with the hounds.
Defender of the Whites, who puts down the Blacks. Nanny State indeed,
the blacks have not been given the opportunity....simple as that.
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Mario observes:
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Gabe,
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Barging in on a discussion is never a problem. It is barging in with
information or comments that are bloody factless or out of context or without
perspective that is, however, always a problem.
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Take the bloody comments above for example. Here we see the US on the verge of
possibly electing a black man as President of the USA, the country has already
had the last two Secretaries of State from the black community, several Cabinet
ministers in the last two administrations who are black, several blacks in
Congress, several black major city Mayors and city Councilmen and women,
numerous black major corporate CEOs, and yet we see a comment that reads,
"....the blacks have not been given the opportunity....simple as that."
Apparently, not so simple.
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The suitable word for "opposite of an informed person" escapes me at the
moment:-))
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BTW, how many blacks have achieved such positions in Britain?
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Regarding the title, did you know that President Abe Lincoln who led the war to
free the slaves was a Republican? Did you know that most of the old time
racists in America were Democrats who opposed the Civil Rights Act in 1964,
which would have never passed without Republican votes? Did you know that one
of the prominent Democrat Senators who voted against the Civil Rights Act of
1964 was Sen. Al Gore, Sr? Did you know that the seniormost Democrat in the US
Senate, Robert Byrd, used to be a sheet-wearing member of the Ku Klux Klan?
Did you know that the political mentor of Democrat President Bill Clinton was a
Senator William Fulbright who was an arch segregationist? Did you know that
the Democrats have controlled both houses of the US Congress since the 2006
elections?
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Obviously, you didn't know any of this.
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Gabe wrote:
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At one rally in the South a black network TV cameraman was racially
abused by a McCain supporter and told: 'Sit down, boy.'
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Mario responds:
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Since when is it a "racial abuse" to ask a boy to sit down to stop
blocking his view?
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Gabe wrote:
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Indians are considered Blacks, yes, no?
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Mario responds:
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No. Perhaps your lack of Googling skills have failed to inform you that
Indians are among the top three ethnic communities in the USA when ranked by
family income.
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Gabe wrote:
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Whites only, was in existence much later on in S.A. was a norm for decades in
the USA.
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Mario responds:
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Yes, but that was also decades ago. You are so far behind the times it is
beyond comical.
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Gabe wrote:
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My kids are married to White middle class Americans....what was that meant to
convey? >
Mario responds:
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Your kids are smart for marrying white Americans in an attempt to improve the
breed:-))
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Gabe wrote:
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Probably their ancestors were slave traders.
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Maybe. Maybe not. Can't say for sure without interviewing their parents. It
all depends on when their ancestors came to the US and what they did for a
living.
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But, how is it that your kids are married to Americans and you are asking in
the year 2008 whether Indians are considered "black" in America? Wow! Doesn't
speak very well for living in Britain.
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I wonder what the conversations must be like at family re-unions:-))
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