Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!VTVM1!PENNYJ From: PENNYJ%ATSUVAX1.BITNET@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Jim Penny) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.gaynet Subject: RE: andy rooney Message-ID: <9002121357.AA29419@ATHENA.MIT.EDU> Date: 12 Feb 90 12:55:00 GMT Sender: Gaynet Distribution List Reply-To: gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Lines: 29 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-Vms-To: IN%"gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU" X-To: gaynet@ATHENA.MIT.EDU >i don't agree with what andy rooney said (or what a large number of people >say), but i don't believe he should be fired over it. why? because it's >dangerous to link employability with the uttering of politically correct >statements. well said. the enemies i know about are the ones i fear the least. and a particularly brave statement, especially for this forum. now i wonder when such a sentiment might hold for, say, jesse helms. no flames please. were i looking to promote acceptance, i would first promote that acceptance within myself. jp jim penny academic computing manager computer center north carolina a&t state university 1601 east market st greensboro, nc 27411 919-334-7856 bitnet: pennyj@atsuvax1.bitnet i live in constant terror of not being misunderstood. -- wilde(?)