On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 8:28 AM, John Sundman <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I like to consider myself an enlightened non-racist, but I confess that I

I used to think I was non-racist too, once. Now I'm just depressed by
how many of my prejudices keep crawling out and surprising me. You'd
think a guy who's lived his entire life in a multi-cultural milieu
wouldn't keep pigeon-holing people based on how they look or what
language they speak.

Nowadays I think of myself as a bigot keeping a tight rein on his
prejudices. I figure if I can keep my bigotry from actually
influencing they way I deal with people, that's about as good as it
gets.

I find that the older I get the harder it is to maintain all my
illusions about myself. Which is too bad, because my illusory self is
waaaaay cooler. He doesn't have a bald spot, to begin with.

-- b

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