OOOOOOhhhhhh woe is me, I am guilty as charged! But I kinda agree with
David here!
I am African American True, if someone on the list typed Nigger---which
literally means trashy or a stingy person----would have no effect on me.
I know that I am far from this connotation---thus its just
words----------. Of course, if the shoe fits wear it! So if someone
typed U impatient jerk, then this applies!
Still, has anyone ever seen me post something like this just for fun, or
what some keep typing as a joke! Nope, not guilty on that
charge---usually its out of the principle of a matter(for example when
several list members lashout at ONE person)
Its all Genuine though, I will try and tone down my comments in the
future
VIVA Hk!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: david turgeon [SMTP:eerie@mnemonic.net]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 1999 10:54 AM
> To: Ambientidm@aol.com
> Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
> Subject: Re: (idm) recent post
>
>
> > recently someone named david turgeon (eerie@mnemonic.net) posted to
> the list
> > something about gil gershman. that's all good and well, but the
> closing of
> > the letter featured this "FAGgOtS!!!!!!!!!!!". I'm not sure whether
> this is
> > a joke, but I, for one, do not find any humour in it.
> > let me make it simple. I believe that we MUST NOT post anything
> racist,
> > sexist or preferentialist to this list.
>
> i'll repeat what i said privately to someone else with a similar
> concern: the "faggots" thing was a spoof of our good friend &
> listmember hk! who said something similar (though as of now i have no
> idea if that was humor or not.)
>
> trust me, i believe racism, sexism, homophobia & intolerance in
> general
> to be despicable attitudes coming from a flawed reasoning, & i won't
> accept any justification for it. but to jump everytime you hear say
> "faggot" or "nigger" without figuring out the context brings the other
> problem: by making these words taboo, we are giving them the property
> of
> being even more insulting.
>
> but of course that's just me. i'll try to refrain from using one of
> these words in the future without adding at least a paragraph to
> explain
> the context.
>
> --
> david turgeon at http://www.notype.com