"To characterize silence as anything other than silence is bound to be inaccurate at best."

Susan,

That may be so. However, when unwarranted attacks on one group generates more than 100 responses at Mudcat and equally unwarranted attacks on another group generates only silence, or prejudice or non-responsive responses, you might wonder.

Martin Niemoller wrote: "When they came for the Communists, I did not stand up, because I was not a Communist. When they came for the Jews, I did not stand up, because I was not Jewish. When they came for the Catholics, I did not stand up, because I was not a Catholic. When they came for me, there was no one left to stand up."