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Date Posted: 12:36:25 07/17/01 Tue
Author: <font color="plumb">NKLS Cody</font>
Subject: I don't think I called him a racist, guys :)
In reply to: SteveH 's message, "Re: "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!!"" on 09:25:56 07/17/01 Tue

I wrote that he employed a racial slur and I have a definition from Dictionary.com to back me up:

wet�back (wetbak)
n. Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a Mexican, especially a laborer who crosses the U.S. border illegally

I also mentioned how well he was doing getting his point across before his remarks degenerated into invoking that unfortunate term and used considerable restraint by merely mentioning how childish he was. I did my best to compare and contrast his writing to that of SM's and I'm, once again, on solid ground because our beloved proprietor usually writes from a well-reasoned perspective.

I have the right not to share SM's opinion on this concern and do so for the usual reasons that have been brought up on numerous occasions. There is no need for myself to rewrite and rehash the same arguments, so I won't do that on this fine day... bye for now.

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