Re: Filtering Out Racism

["Troy D Brewster" <tbrewste@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wholeheartedly concur. Enough said.

/troyb

>Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 18:41:47 -0500
>From: dstevenson <dstevenson@domain.elided>
>Subject: Filtering Out Racism
>
>Hi
>
>I thought Richard Welty had filters in place to trap ignorant, blatant
>racist banter such as the type I quote below from a Mr.Michiel van Wessem.
>
>My advice to Wessem is, take your ignorance elsewhere. There is no place
for
>it here. Please don't respond with something like "What did I do, I was
just
>commenting on what the owner said to the black guy".
>
>That doesn't wash, you were amused enough to grace us with it so you were
>obviously entertained.
>
>I think there are a whole bunch of White Racist/Hate type Usenet/News
Groups
>on the Internet where you can get together in Chat rooms etc. with like
>minded people. Do us a favor GO THERE, and stay there.
>
>Don Stevenson
>
>
>
>And Here's Michiel
>
>>Date: Wed, 20 Jan 1999 00:38:19 -0500
>>From: Michiel van Wessem <jmvw@domain.elided>
>>Subject: Car-Curb Contact
>
>>I asked for a new wheel on the bmwparts list and the bmw list. Somehow my
>>message to the bmw list ended up on the bmwparts list too. I assume
Richard
>>has  a filter that is responsible for this. Other messages seem to get
>>through to the bmw list fine though. But I guess I digress.
>
>
>>Not having the patience to wait for a wheel, I ended up buying a rim at a
>>junkyard around here, for $75. Major muddy mess in the rain there. There
>>was a black guy getting the parts off outside in the mud and rain while
the
>>white owner was joking about this nigger working on Martin Luther King
Day.
>>I think I could have gotten the wheel off the net a little cheaper and
>>maybe a little better quality, but what the heck.
>

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