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[Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>]

{Not from Roy}

Well, that was not meant to go to the whole list, and for that I do  
apologize.

I very rarely wrote Spanish, and even more rarely found it necessary  
to read it. My Spanish is basically terrible, and limited to things  
like, "Please give that horse more hay" and "He needs an extra blanket."

Although I do think James deserves respect in terms of his  
homesteading, I cannot fathom why he would think it necessary to quiz  
me to "redeem" myself or make him believe anything about me. I do not  
owe him any explanations of my experiences with the Mexican people  
that I worked with (who, in general, spoke much better English than I  
do Spanish) which is what he asked me for, after much going on bout  
how he is a brother under the skin, yadda yadda yadda....

Whether or not my written Spanish is up to James' grading doesn't make  
any damn difference in my original point, which is this:

It is offensive to generalize the behaviour of an entire group of  
people based on colour.
Yes, it makes sense that *some* people in any geographic/socio- 
economic situation are going to behave in the same way, but to  
patronize "all the poor black people" who (paraphrased) ...too stupid  
to understand there aren't going to be immediate government handouts  
is... not within the purview of James' given expertise in homesteading.

It's great to have a snug (smug) little house, but most houses look  
out on a whole world.