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To: TimF who wrote (159058)	1/27/2003 7:29:16 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1579980

Fortunately he wasn't but the reactions to the incident where worse then the incident itself. I agree. The King case exemplifies the kind of thinking that was cited in the NAACP article against Pickering. Pickering simply questionned the notion that, anytime a person to whom civil rights laws or other anti-discrimination measures apply is injured, that injury is automatically a civil rights violation. The concept is ridiculous. Black people can be beaten up by white people for reasons other than racial discrimination or civil rights violation. I don't know why this is a difficult concept for so many people...