Posted by Lou Pilder on January 14, 2003, at 11:21:10
In reply to Re: -No room for racist remarks on Babble, posted by Noa on January 13, 2003, at 18:42:44
Noa,
Thank you very much for seeing the crux of the issue presented by the post that contained the phrase,[...2 jewish assholes..]and [...like a greedy jew], and [...a money worshiping abusive jew...]. You wrote that you [...are offended by the expressions...]. I am proud that you have the courage to write that they are offended by the type of statements that the poster in question has wrote. You wrote, [...there is no place for racism on this board...]. You wrote [...it is not necessary to generalise the hatred that you feel toward those individuals into a whole group of people...]. The point here is that you see the post in question as in the light that you have posted, and that shows that, at least, there are people that feel that the post in question can carry the import that you percieve. Now if the rules here are to not post ,[...what has the potential for others to feel offended or put down...] then the post in question violates that civility rule by the fact that you percieve it that way, and so do others.
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
thread:8766
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/admin/20021128/msgs/8784.html