It may come as no surprise for anyone to know that I very much disagree with Paco Rabanne's 03 Mar 08 - 03:24 AM opinion about this thread.

I believe this thread is Mudcat as its finest.

I think that subjects such as race & racism are complicated and emotive, and potentially volative. For this reason, a lot of people don't even try to discuss this kind of subjects. But we tried.

Given the subject matter, it's not surprising that we didn't always agree with each other. But I believe that we discussed this subject without wallowing in the mud.

And, given the fact that this is Mudcat, I think that's a big compliment to us all.