Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/03/05/10:30:49.1
Ya'qub wrote:
>
> Paul Derbyshire wrote in message
> <3 DOT 0 DOT 6 DOT 32 DOT 19990303120656 DOT 00933100 AT pop DOT globalserve DOT net>...
> >At 11:22 AM 3/1/99 +0200, you wrote:
> >>There are certain problems, Paul, that smileys cannot take care of.
> >
> >I disagree.
> >
> >>...ethnic origin...
> >
> >Fallacy: you are introducing something irrelevant into the discussion, and
> >then attempting to "widen" the category of something to include that
> >something irrelevant and then "narrow" and focus on the irrelevancy that is
> >not even at issue. Why you are doing this, I don't know, but at no time did
> >I say anyuthing about any ethnicities!
>
> Can you then enlighten us about the comment you made following one of my
> posts in which you mentioned a dictionary of some sort. It seems that you
> still don't get the many words of advice that you have been given regarding
> *good manners* and that you are very keen to have it YOUR way even though
> both DJ and Eli have asked you to show some respect to others. May I remind
> you that you have not even had the decency to apologize for insulting nearly
> a *quarter* of the earth's population in one of your previous post.
> Ya'qub
Is Paul racist, then? It sounds as if he is.
Racism is a stupid, pointless thing. Anyone who practises this on a
newsgroup should be ostracised, and (in the case of moderated
newsgroups) barred.
How do you plead, Derbyshire?
Bye,
--
Stuart Moore.
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