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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (32990)	10/15/2001 11:32:16 AM
From: Poet	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

JC, I cannot speak for Constant Reader, who does not appear to have posted at all since his post to you, but I can tell you that I found the post to which he was responding offensive, and deeply so. Others here did as well. I think it's safe to say that there are a number of issues on which none of us are likely to change our minds. I think it's also safe to say that the majority of the people who post here regularly are respectful of gays and horrified by the way the law and society in general treats them. You struck a very raw nerve with that series of posts.

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (32990)	10/15/2001 8:24:33 PM
From: Constant Reader	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I am entitled to my opinion of your writings and the source of such bile. Your posts about the internment of American citizens and permanent residents of Japanese descent during World War II are replete with myth, half-truth, and denial. You cannot produce any evidence or facts to support your position because none exist. E gave you the facts but you ignored them. How many Americans of Japanese ancestry were tried and convicted of espionage against the United States of America as a result of activities prior to the internment of those living on the West Coast? How many of the thousands of U.S. citizens of Japanese ancestry who were never interned and living in Hawaii, the Midwest, the South, the Mid-Atlantic states or New England were tried and convicted of espionage? Before you say "You had to be there," let me say that I was not, but my family was there They knew it was wrong and they were not afraid to say so. They weren't radicals but they were dyed-in-the-wool Republicans on one side and yellow-dog Democrats on the other. In other posts, you have expressed the desire to know if a criminal is Black but don't want to know if a hero happens to be gay. Your prejudice against people of color and those living a different lifestyle is quite obvious, despite your apparent efforts to hide your motivation. In the passage from your post I quote below, you make implications about me, my behavior, and my preferences based on my criticism of your writings. Please provide proof of the accuracy of these statements or retract them. O.K., so you enjoy having sex with other men instead of women. I couldn't care less. But that's the way you want to be remembered for posterity? That's the most important thing you can say about yourself?