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To: Neocon who wrote (52627)	7/3/2004 8:09:31 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793717

I would find it an offensive allegation that the US was Poland's "puppetmaster". It implies an insidious domination of the other party, and therefore is a slam. Of course it's a slam. The issue at hand isn't slams. The issue is anti-semitism. It's possible to slam for reasons other than bigotry. Most slams have nothing to do with bigotry unless you extend bigotry to include all disapprovals or non-preferences. The "insidious domination" of one party by another is hardly a Good Thing, seems to me. To assert it's occurrence is a slam. The question is whether this slam is bigoted or just an ordinary slam. I don't think it's necessarily or inherently bigoted, although possibly so. Suggesting that the relationship between Poland and the US is questionable is not anti-American. If it's anti-anything it's anti-puppeteering. Being anti-puppeteering is hardly prejudice. P.S. (It's interesting that you'd called it anti-American rather than anti-Pole. That statement could be taken as a greater slam against Poland than against the US. Better the dominator than the dupe.)