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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.misc,news.admin
Subject: Casual Prejudice (Re: Woods as 'newsgroup keeper')
Keywords: USA, Parochialism. Apology.
Message-ID: <3665@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 3 Apr 89 23:03:33 GMT
References: <3603@ficc.uu.net> <1681@ncar.ucar.edu> <1713@ncar.ucar.edu>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <1713@ncar.ucar.edu>, woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) writes:
>   This is exactly what I am trying to recify. All I am trying to do is 
> formalize what the current practice is. We can discuss what changes should
> be made to it later.

Good.

> >Henry is a citizen of Canada. I am a citizen of Australia.
> >I fail to see what
> >the relevence is. The net is not a U.S. dominion.

>   You picked out an insignificant part of my entire paragraph, quoted it
> out of context, and blew it up far beyond anything I actually said.

I'm sorry if you're upset, but I'm tired of the USAcentric attitude that
pervades the net. As an Australian living in, and materially contributing
to, the United States I'm exquisitely aware of the casual parochialism
of many USians. Casual prejudice is prejudice still.

I'm also tired of people bashing Henry, or supporting the people who bash
him by taking their position. He's one of the clearest heads on the net, for
all his faults. And he has them.

But if you must criticise, there are far more valid places to start from
than the irrelevant point of his nationality. You're just reinforcing
the USian attitudes towards foreigners... attitudes that harm the USA, by
the way, as much if not more than the foreigners in question.

It's insignificant to you, but not to me. The fact that it's insignificant
to you is itself part of the problem. Oh well, you probably never thought
of it as a problem. I trust you will now.

Can we put this behind us now?

>    If you read the rules, you would note that the "deletion rider" was
> stated solely as a personal opinion and an opening point for discussion.

I'm sorry I misinterpreted you. And on that basis I withdraw any opposition
to Greg Woods as keeper of the news.groups guidelines.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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