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Skriven 2007-04-17 19:20:15 av Carl (17071.babylon5)
     Kommentar till en text av rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5.moderated
Ärende: Re: Very OT....
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"Charlie Edmondson" <edmondson@ieee.org> wrote in message 
news:4624f802@news.cadence.com...
> Amy Guskin wrote:
>
>>>>On Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:34:47 -0400, Charlie Edmondson wrote
>>
>> (in article <4624db07$1@news.cadence.com>):
>>
>>
>>>Hi Amy,
>>>I don't think it was a comparison of the original offences, but more a 
>>>comparison of the Hoo-Rah that resulted from them.  The media is very 
>>>good at taking what should be a minor incident, and blowing it way out of 
>>>proportion... <<
>>
>>
>> Charlie, if you read the rest of John's post, it's clear he took Mains' 
>> statement as offensive, rather than a statement of opinion.
>>
>>
>>>>As for no national dialog on race, I assume the speaker is younger than
>>>
>>>25, and so, nothing that happened before they were born has any 
>>>relevance... 8-) <<
>>
>>
>> Carl?  Carl isn't under 25 years old.  I don't think people are 
>> understanding what he's saying.  He's not saying, "We've never had a 
>> national debate on race -- let's have one!"  I think he's saying, "How 
>> would you go about this?  How would it be done?  A _true_ national 
>> debate, not just the opinions of a few talking heads on television and 
>> radio."
>>
>> That's just MHO, of course -- 

>> Carl is obviously the only one who really knows  what he meant!

On a good day. :)

>>
>> Amy
>>
> Hi Amy,
> Well, actually, I think Carl was being a little facetious, just like I 
> was, in wondering what the heck we were doing back in the 60's, 70's, etc 
> that WASN'T a national debate on race... ;-)
>

I tried to raise two parts actually.

The first one was intended precisely as Amy interpreted it.  How could you 
even attempt such a thing?  The speaker(s) seemed to have something specific 
in mind and I don't have a clue what it was.

As to the second, I wasn't trying to be fecetious actually, although I can 
understand why you would think so.  Race is brought up constantly in various 
forms.  I don't know what new information could be presented beyond what has 
been raised over the years.  Even if we could determine how to have such a 
forum, I'm wondering what it would accomplish.

I asked the questions to see if I was missing something that was obvious to 
everyone else. It wouldn't be the first time my thoughts zigged when they 
should have zagged.


Carl

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