Subject: RE: BS: Racial No-nos
From: Cluin - PM
Date: 19 Nov 05 - 04:37 AM

"Will your next racial no no be the playing of banjos?"

That right there is called hyperbole.
It's an old weapon of master debaters and like many of those old strokes it gets in the way of intelligent discussion.

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And a little later in his thread as expected – along comes Racial No No 4.

Subject: RE: BS: Racial No-nos
From: Azizi - PM
Date: 19 Nov 05 - 08:16 PM

Racial no no

4. Playing banjo music to celebrate Black American history and
culture would be considered offensive to many African Americans
as we {perhaps more than White Americans} consider this
instrument to be part of the caricature of the watermelon eating,
pop eyed Southern widely grining slave who was happy in his
servitude.

I trust that we can now safely ignore racial No No 4 and perhaps I will receive an apology for being accused of hypebole for my question - which turned-out to be a very accurate prediction?

Perhaps not?

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The one thing I have noticed here is many of the men, and not to exclude myself, could learn a lot from the ladies that post here Decorum, friendliness, not expecting to be agreed with all the time and just some positive responses that they give. Would be difficult for me to exclude any of the Ladies. Is it possible that a differenc in a males' Nationality makes him more agressive? Turf comparisons?
Or perhaps just plain jealousy? From my position, the Pike fishing is so much better 'up North'.

Yet another can of worms………………..But of course the pike fishing is so much better 'down South'. *Smiles*

I can't help wondering what the response would have been from all posters to a man who was attempting to introducing these racial no nos? Possibly the ability of males to tolerate without agression and posturing - is somewhat better than thought? Well towards females anyway?