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From: tse@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Gary Tse)
Newsgroups: news.misc,soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: RACIST JOKES
Keywords: JEDR, racist, jokes
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Date: 19 Nov 88 17:02:17 GMT
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In article <8052@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> richmond@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan E. D. Richmond) writes:
>It is amazing how often people cry "censorship" whenever they are
>asked to show restraint.  It is as if none of us are required to take
>into account the feelings of anyone else, but can simply hurt people
>at will.
>[And later, Jonathan says...]
>                                                        I find it very 
>interesting that Rich Salz believes I am "intimidating" Brad Templeton
>by saying up front that I am considering further action on this matter.

What Jonathan Richmond says here is pretty reasonable.  He only wants 
Brad Templeton to show some consideration for the minorities and to
exercise some restraint.  Can't argue with that, can we?

Unfortunately (for Jonathan Richmond, that is), he said in an earlier
article:

#In article <8011@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> richmond@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan E. D. Richmond) writes:
#I am having some friends in Waterloo do some investigations into
#Looking Glass Software, where Templeton works, their operations and their
#clients.  I am in the mood to take some "affirmative action" on this
#individual.

Here, we find out that Jonathan is NOT asking Brad Templeton to show
restraint, etc.  Jonathan is insinuating he will FORCE Brad Templeton to 
stop by PRESSURING MR. TEMPLETON'S EMPLOYERS.  Ladies and gentlemen, 
this is called censorship.  And no matter the cause, it is evil.

Whatever happened to "I may not agree with what you are saying, but
I will defend to death your right to say it"?  (This is roughly paraphrased;
I am just a poor engineer afterall.)

>
>[rest of Jonathan's article (on the damaging effects of racial jokes) 
>deleted]

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