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To: Neocon who wrote (3299)	11/27/2002 3:27:21 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) of 6901

To me, the classic Michael Moore anecdote is from his short- lived television show. He did a segment with Yaphet Kotto, testing the willingness of New York cabdrivers to pick up blacks heading uptown, presumably to Harlem. He belabored the point that the majority of cabbies were more willing to pick up well- dressed white men. What he didn't mention was that the majority was narrow (if memory serves, about 51% to 49%, and therefore within the margin of error), and that black cabbies were equally biased, if bias existed. These things came out later. Such observations also don't take self-interest into account. Cabbies live on tips. Any low wage tip worker will be biased in favor of those that appear affluent - and potentially a big tipper. I realize that the film revolved around outbreaks like Columbine, but clearly these are not even typical actions of NRA types, but the acts of people with sociopathic tendencies. Affluent Denver... Pretty Blue Zone. You may as well accuse the Boulder liberals of being militia members. Derek

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