You are somewhat correct -- n re-reviewing her original post, Christy first referenced "racial/ethic slurs/epithets" and then goes on to state that "we should not tolerate this pejorative language when it refers to . . . Muslim people." She was Cleary encompassing religion slurs as well. Your point, in general, is well taken though.
Jonathan A. Cass -----Original Message----- From: L a s e r B e a m [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 10:20 AM To: Jonathan Cass; UnivCity listserv Subject: Re: [UC] Nick Berg, Local Hero Jonathan Cass wrote: > First, that is a silly thing to say in the context of Christy's comment. > Christy's request that listserve participants refrain from referring to > Arabs and Muslims as "ragheads" was not an attempt to stifle Mr. Bender's > free speech rights, but rather, was a request that listserv members refrain > from using ethnic/religious slurs. I am sure that Mr. Bender will continue > to conduct himself exactly as he sees fit, irrespective of Christy's > comments. actually, christy was referring to RACIAL spurs/epaulets. I really wish people around here would read more carefully! ......... laserbeam [aka ray] >> >Christy Braken wrote: >> > >> >I understand the ire that has resulted from this recent incident and the >> >subsequent distribution of the videotaped footage of said incident, but do >> >we really need to resort to bandying about racial/ethic slurs/epithets? >> >Isn't the argument strong enough without the use of such language? I >> >seriously doubt this list would tolerate racial epithets toward African >> >Americans (rightly so, I might add), and I think for consistency's sake (and >> >for the sake of decency) we should not tolerate this pejorative language >> >when it refers to Arabic or Muslim people. >> > >> >Christy ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
