Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/12/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]John Schick, The assumption stated above, that there are no genuine raciest or ethnic hatred in our group is unwarrented from the evidence at hand. It's wishful and dangerous thinking . . . (snip)======================================================================= John, Hatred is a strong word, which I used deliberately in my posting because that was the notion that seemed to be upsetting Paul. I meant to say that I hadn't seen any evidence of racial hatred in the LUG postings on this thread. I'm forced to agree, however, that doesn't mean that there isn't any; on reflection, my words were naïve on that point. IMHO, the problem in this and similar threads is that, although the prejuduce and skepticism cannot be overcome by logical argument, people try, nevertheless, to convince the skeptics that they are wrong. Why bother? It only leads to escalation and strong words, which can then be interpreted, all too easily, as hatred. It's like teasing a dog until he bites and then blaming him for it. Regards, ===== Ray "The trouble with resisting temptation is you never know when you'll get another chance!" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/