Am I a racist?

[svelte]

Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?

[CA renter]

BTW, I fully understand what discrimination is all about. My step-grandfather died in a Nazi jail because he ran the printing press for the underground in Vienna. They also hid Jews in their apartment, and helped transport them over the Swiss border. My Jewish grandfather had already died of TB, which was fortunate, because my mother took her (non-Jewish) step-father’s last name, which probably saved her life.

Still, she was put in a Nazi “re-education” camp for children of uncooperative parents, and was released after a few months only because she tested positive for TB (another blessing in disguise).

Yes, I understand what discrimination means, which is why I think we need to address the causes and start doing something useful to eliminate it or, at the very least, reduce it as much as possible.

[CA renter]

BTW, I fully understand what discrimination is all about. My step-grandfather died in a Nazi jail because he ran the printing press for the underground in Vienna. They also hid Jews in their apartment, and helped transport them over the Swiss border. My Jewish grandfather had already died of TB, which was fortunate, because my mother took her (non-Jewish) step-father’s last name, which probably saved her life.

Still, she was put in a Nazi “re-education” camp for children of uncooperative parents, and was released after a few months only because she tested positive for TB (another blessing in disguise).

Yes, I understand what discrimination means, which is why I think we need to address the causes and start doing something useful to eliminate it or, at the very least, reduce it as much as possible.

[CA renter]

BTW, I fully understand what discrimination is all about. My step-grandfather died in a Nazi jail because he ran the printing press for the underground in Vienna. They also hid Jews in their apartment, and helped transport them over the Swiss border. My Jewish grandfather had already died of TB, which was fortunate, because my mother took her (non-Jewish) step-father’s last name, which probably saved her life.

Still, she was put in a Nazi “re-education” camp for children of uncooperative parents, and was released after a few months only because she tested positive for TB (another blessing in disguise).

Yes, I understand what discrimination means, which is why I think we need to address the causes and start doing something useful to eliminate it or, at the very least, reduce it as much as possible.

[CA renter]

BTW, I fully understand what discrimination is all about. My step-grandfather died in a Nazi jail because he ran the printing press for the underground in Vienna. They also hid Jews in their apartment, and helped transport them over the Swiss border. My Jewish grandfather had already died of TB, which was fortunate, because my mother took her (non-Jewish) step-father’s last name, which probably saved her life.

Still, she was put in a Nazi “re-education” camp for children of uncooperative parents, and was released after a few months only because she tested positive for TB (another blessing in disguise).

Yes, I understand what discrimination means, which is why I think we need to address the causes and start doing something useful to eliminate it or, at the very least, reduce it as much as possible.

[CA renter]

BTW, I fully understand what discrimination is all about. My step-grandfather died in a Nazi jail because he ran the printing press for the underground in Vienna. They also hid Jews in their apartment, and helped transport them over the Swiss border. My Jewish grandfather had already died of TB, which was fortunate, because my mother took her (non-Jewish) step-father’s last name, which probably saved her life.

Still, she was put in a Nazi “re-education” camp for children of uncooperative parents, and was released after a few months only because she tested positive for TB (another blessing in disguise).

Yes, I understand what discrimination means, which is why I think we need to address the causes and start doing something useful to eliminate it or, at the very least, reduce it as much as possible.

[CA renter]

[quote=svelte]Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?[/quote]

Nope. 🙂

[CA renter]

[quote=svelte]Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?[/quote]

Nope. 🙂

[CA renter]

[quote=svelte]Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?[/quote]

Nope. 🙂

[CA renter]

[quote=svelte]Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?[/quote]

Nope. 🙂

[CA renter]

[quote=svelte]Does anybody really know what time it is?
Does anybody really care?[/quote]

Nope. 🙂

[Arraya]

[quote=njtosd]

Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings).[/quote]

I supported it with two books. Statistics are not as easy to come by. You have to dig a little deeper and connect a few dots. And no, I didn’t mean for it to be humorous – because it’s not. As I said in a later post, it is about class – not race. Though certain sub-cultures display similar decay. So, I think it is an apt analogy and worthy of closer analysis.

[quote=njtosd]
And then you made a little smiley face, for reasons that didn’t make much sense to me. [/quote]

Agreed, the last line was a piss-poor attempt at humor that did not work. Mea culpa

[quote=njtosd]
My response to you was intended to be as well thought out as I thought yours was to the comment to which you were responding. That was what I had to add.[/quote]

It wasn’t

[Arraya]

[quote=njtosd]

Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings).[/quote]

I supported it with two books. Statistics are not as easy to come by. You have to dig a little deeper and connect a few dots. And no, I didn’t mean for it to be humorous – because it’s not. As I said in a later post, it is about class – not race. Though certain sub-cultures display similar decay. So, I think it is an apt analogy and worthy of closer analysis.

[quote=njtosd]
And then you made a little smiley face, for reasons that didn’t make much sense to me. [/quote]

Agreed, the last line was a piss-poor attempt at humor that did not work. Mea culpa

[quote=njtosd]
My response to you was intended to be as well thought out as I thought yours was to the comment to which you were responding. That was what I had to add.[/quote]

It wasn’t

[Arraya]

[quote=njtosd]

Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings).[/quote]

I supported it with two books. Statistics are not as easy to come by. You have to dig a little deeper and connect a few dots. And no, I didn’t mean for it to be humorous – because it’s not. As I said in a later post, it is about class – not race. Though certain sub-cultures display similar decay. So, I think it is an apt analogy and worthy of closer analysis.

[quote=njtosd]
And then you made a little smiley face, for reasons that didn’t make much sense to me. [/quote]

Agreed, the last line was a piss-poor attempt at humor that did not work. Mea culpa

[quote=njtosd]
My response to you was intended to be as well thought out as I thought yours was to the comment to which you were responding. That was what I had to add.[/quote]

It wasn’t

[Arraya]

[quote=njtosd]

Whether they were valid, whether you agree, whether they are debatable are all questions that would be worth raising. Instead you chose to head off on what you thought was a humorous rant against a rather obscure group of people, complete with sweeping, unsupported and insulting generalizations (and misspellings).[/quote]

I supported it with two books. Statistics are not as easy to come by. You have to dig a little deeper and connect a few dots. And no, I didn’t mean for it to be humorous – because it’s not. As I said in a later post, it is about class – not race. Though certain sub-cultures display similar decay. So, I think it is an apt analogy and worthy of closer analysis.

[quote=njtosd]
And then you made a little smiley face, for reasons that didn’t make much sense to me. [/quote]

Agreed, the last line was a piss-poor attempt at humor that did not work. Mea culpa

[quote=njtosd]
My response to you was intended to be as well thought out as I thought yours was to the comment to which you were responding. That was what I had to add.[/quote]

It wasn’t

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