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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neeka who wrote (328540)	12/12/2002 4:29:11 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Re: "Even this northerner recognizes subtle racism when she sees it." >>> IMO, 'subtle' is the worst. When bigotry goes underground it is harder to root out, harder to be aware of it's continuing perniciousness.... And it causes those affected adversely by it to question everything. It feeds a cycle of dispair and doubt. It is harder for the cleansing effects of public 'sunshine' and open debate to dispel the damage... when there is doubt about what is happening in the 'back rooms'. One sickening example, your 'rule 15' for 'men's gifts' might have unintended implications in a State with the political history of Mississippi (where lynching a la Billie Holliday's "Strange Fruit" was a real threat to keep Blacks from voting in that '48 'Dixiecrat' election.) ;( > Rule #15: > Rope. Men love rope. It takes us back to our cowboy origins, or at least The Boy Scouts. Nothing says love like a hundred feet of 3/8" manilla rope. > No one knows why.