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Re: Hold your breath

From: Tom Berthold <berthold@radiks.net>
To: permaculture@listserv.oit.unc.edu
Cc: UNC Perm List <permaculture@listserv.unc.edu>, Envirolink Perm List <permaculture@envirolink.org>
Subject: Re: Hold your breath
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 18:12:54 -0500

Jack, Your comments about the serious danger of shooting plutonium into
orbit are well taken, but I find your remark:

> Damn, I hate white people... Im thinking of having a full-body tattoo and
> a pre-frontal lobotomy (another one?!?) to remove all traces of Caucasian
> Western Civilization from myself...
>

quite offensive. This is not a race issue. This is a national issue.
I happen to be white and I'm proud of my heritage. Would you be
offended if I said "I hate black people."? Why is it okay to disparage
white people? Technology has caused a lot of problems it's true... Are
you blaming whites for the scientific discoveries that have led to
technological capability? Do you assume other races could/would/will
handle technological capabilities more responsibly?

Hold your breath, Jack Rowe, 10/13/1997
- Re: Hold your breath, Tom Berthold, 10/14/1997
  - Re: Hold your breath, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 10/15/1997
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Hold your breath, Kirby Fry, 10/15/1997
- Re: Hold your breath, blissv, 10/15/1997
- Hold your breath, Eugene F. Monaco, 10/15/1997