From: David Ensteness (denstene_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue Mar 23 2004 - 14:39:34 PST
I think we should take the dirty harry approach and hate all races and
peoples equally ... including our own ... that way no one is left out.
Its the only American thing to do ;-)
And what about those green people? Why don't we bomb them? We seem to
bomb everyone else ... lousy green people ... oh wait ... Newtons are
our friends ... oops.
David
On Mar 23, 2004, at 4:32 PM, Dave Abramowitz wrote:
> In fairness to Ikem, I believe what he took offense to was the word
> "monkies" in the decription of the African currency. I'm sure it was
> not Jared's intent to offend, but as a Jew, I probably would have
> raised my eyebrow if the currency was "Israeli Zoobakikes" or something
> like that. As a member of the list, I apologize to you, Ikem. We should
> be careful about our word choices. Assuming Jared's word use was
> unintentional, perhaps giving him a chance to explain/apologize would
> be a better tact than expressing anger right off the bat - but I
> understand and respect your point of view.
>
> Now let's get back to our little green friend...
>
> - Dave
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