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From: emp@ut-ngp.UUCP
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics,alt.flame
Subject: Re: Omega.Mosley the racist (was Re: JG Schaub's Letter)
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Date: Sun, 1-Nov-87 18:07:20 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov  1 18:07:20 1987
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Keywords: racist idiot who thinks he's "cutesey"
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...Eric, for your information, I have a late uncle who was Black, and my ex- 
fiancee was Hispanic (Mexican-American? Chicano? I say one meaning
well, and am corrected with the other...). Also, some of my best friends
are Jewish, Polish, and Indian Indian. Oh yes, two of my business associates
are from the isle of Nippon, and I consider them personal friends who I trust
with my life.

...they call themselves Japs as well. They also use the term "Japanimation"
quite frequently, and look upon it as a positive term of grouping, and not
a racial slur at all.

...I respect your complaints, but I feel that this time all you did was
gripe for the sake of griping. You completely ignored the focus of the
post that pissed you off just so you could stand up and complain "OM's
a racist! He used the word "Jap" in a post!!!"". Don't you think that if
I WAS a racist, that I'd have already posted stuff to that extent by now?
Most racists I've known in my lifetime have never hesitated to use the
slur as a means of descriptive communication, especially if it really
doesn't even enter into the conversation by one iota!

...So, if I pissed you off, Eric, I apologize. However, you could have
handled yourself with a bit more proper accord than you did.


						OM


Discalmer: To get as upset as you did, Eric, is the type of action that
	   puts any claims of civil rights violations in the toilet. You
	   seriously should consider toning down your stance, otherwise
           some other asshole (one WITHOUT tact) will use your sore spot
	   to his own sick advantage.