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  • From: David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Brazilian String Bikinis - OT?
  • Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2007 14:25:12 -0400

> On 6/5/07 2:07 PM, "Cristóbal Palmer" <cristobalpalmer AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/5/07, Magnus <magnus AT trilug.org> wrote:
>
>> Cristobal, your grasp of reality has completely slipped. Stop being
>> such a victim.
>
> Victim? You don't even know if I'm a smoker or not. Phil's argument
> blows goats, and that's my only point. Seriously, why does his
> argument make sense if the black people one doesn't?
>
>> To equate the plight of a non-smoker to the plight of a
>> black man in the Jim Crow years of US history is just completely
>> re-goddamn-diculous, not to mention completely insensitive to the people
>> that actual victims you are exploiting.
>
> I'm exploiting victims? Wha?

The difference, is the "black person" can't check his blackness at the door
of an establishment, while a smoker can (we hope) not smoke long enough to
enter and complete business at the establishment. The question is about
limiting smoking (an activity) not smokers (people).

David






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