One more thing to add to what I wrote below:
A certain someone preferred to use the name Barry for the first 20
or so years of his life because he felt uncomfortable with the given
name on his birth certificate. Perhaps that tells us something about
interacting in America with a name
Shemp, I missed the remark you posted from Obama under your own name,
so I won't comment on that. And as to a young person's insecurities
re how they might best fit in with a world which for them is defined
by all sorts of mis-matching pieces (single mom, absent dad,
stepfather, Indonesia,
Marek,
Do you hold out any probability that Shad has something useful to say,
some insightful life experience to share? To answer yes, is certainly
NOT equivalent to i) believing everything he says is useful or valid,
and 2) agreement with his views, and 3) that some of his views are not
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Marek Reavis reavisma...@sbcglobal.netwrote:
L.Shaddai's remarks, both his original post and subsequent replies,
contained clear and offensive indicators that he believes blacks are
inferior and debased; he was not expressing concern for the well-being
of
Grate.swan,
I awed by your balance. If you and Marek can keep this dialog going,
it's gunna be terrif. Glad you're posting here.
Edg
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote:
Marek,
Do you hold out any probability that Shad has something useful to say,
some
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, grate.swan no_re...@... wrote:
Marek,
Do you hold out any probability that Shad has something useful to
say,
some insightful life experience to share?
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Certainly. However, so far on this issue he has spoken in terms
On Jan 29, 2009, at 11:59 AM, Marek Reavis wrote:
In my first comments to L.Shaddai, however, I made particular point
not to call him a racist. Rather, I commented that his statement was
racist and reprehensible. A strong assertion, true, but it was an
acknowledgement that perhaps he was not
Sal, since my posts are to be consigned to L.Shaddai's trash, it
seems unlikely that there'll be any further dialogue on the subject
between us. L.Shaddai obviously doesn't believe that he is
prejudiced, and to whatever degree that belief informs or moderates
behavior, all the better.
What
On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
What Edg pointed out earlier, however, is true for all of us, I
feel. As primates we are quick to recognize distinctions and if we
have been trained (by education or experience) to associate certain
differences with bad, then it's understandable
It is, Sal, . . . most of the time. So far, so good.
Marek
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--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine salsunsh...@...
wrote:
On Jan 29, 2009, at 1:58 PM, Marek Reavis wrote:
What Edg pointed out earlier, however, is true for all of us, I
feel. As primates we are quick to
Marek:
Aside from the comments I-am-the-Eternal made in the post about
naming kids in the African-American community, what else has he said
that indicates he is a racist?
Or is that all that you are referring to? I can't seem to find
another original post that he made that I can construe as
Shemp, Hey. Look, I've got no agenda against L.Shaddai personally
and no wish to catalog all the statements he made that I found to be
offensive. What I'd suggest to you is this: within the thread, just
go through his posts and substitute the phrase Shemp and his whole
family everytime he
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