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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (158879)1/24/2003 7:28:05 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (2) of 1580048
 
I pointed out several valid reasons to D.Ray why the handling of the entire case was suspect

You pointed out one or two reasons to think it was slightly unusual. You pointed out zero that would seem to indicate racism. Neither calling for a new trial or trying to get a sentence reduced is evidence of racism even if the defendant is a racist. There are good explanations for Pickering's actions, 7 years for burning a cross is a very harsh sentence indeed. But even if there was no good explanation, the unexplained act is not evidence of racism. Going from trying to help out a defendant to being a racist is a huge leap. There has been no evidence posted here that indicates that Pickering made that leap.

The evidence that was posted to suggest that Pickering was a racist is less then the evidence that could be grabbed by someone seeking to bash you, that could suggest you are a racist. Taken out of context some of the posts I by you that I remember would seem to support that charge, but I am convinced that it is very unlikely you are a racist and would defend you against anyone trying to make that charge unless they had some real evidence. Real evidence would be something like active membership (or maybe even former membership) in an openly racist organization, record of making racial insults, open hostility to people of a particular race, racist writings, something. Right now its just vapor. With accusations like racism, or child molestation, vaporous evidence is often treated as if it was solid but that is wrong.

Tim
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