On 08/06/10 15:37, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Jun 8, 2010, at 12:41 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > > >> Nice. And yet I see the racism in him (actually not him, it's ingrained >> in him, but the society in which he lives). >> He says "Yes, I see that she is black, and she sees that I am white, but >> how sad it would be if that were in the foreground." . Would you say the >> same about blue eyes? If the answer is yes then I'm wrong, if the answer >> is no, then he'll stop being a racist only when he sees that sentence as >> absurd as "Yes, I see that she is blue eyed, and she sees that I am >> green eyed, but how sad it would be if that were in the foreground." >> (what kind of stupid moron would say *that* phrase, or even think about it? >> > > And I guess by that logic, he will be a sexist as long as he recognizes > that she is a woman, or a heightist if he recognizes that she is > taller/shorter than he is, or... >
Let's see how it sounds : "Yes, I see that she is a woman, and she sees that I am a man, but how sad it would be if that were in the foreground." Yes, he would be a sexist if he said that. Let's see the other one : "Yes, I see that she is shorter, and she sees that I am a taller, but how sad it would be if that were in the foreground." It would impress me as a completely stoopid phrase to say, and if I was answering to something then that something would be sooo stoooopid that any intelligent person would refuse to answer. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
