Subject: Re: villagechoice @ 100 Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:23:13 -0400 To: lp_manhattan From: Bob Armstrong On Sat, 17 Apr 2004 03:58:07 -0700, villagechoice@topica.com= wrote: >=A0* Rant of the Week * >=A0Ridiculously Irresponsible >=A0by Dominic Inferrera > >=A0My rant unfortunately is one of those that is directed at the >=A0Libertarian Party. More specifically, the Manhattan Chapter. .... >=A0I'm referring to Joseph Dobrian's comment about "keeping the= niggers >=A0down" reported in the NY Press. .... >=A0Maybe it's a metaphor, and Joseph is simply trying to= illustrate >=A0something using the "parlance of our times", I raised this issue , which clearly concerns a lot of "white"s= , with a rather militant "black" guy I know at an art opening a while ago . I've known him since he went ballistic at my disgust with the O.J. Simpson verdict back in `95 . ( See : http://cosy.com/views/simpson.txt ) . As he came to understand my neutrality with respect to humans , we have become chatting acquaintances at openings where we run into each other . Anyway , his reaction was rather "so what" , kind of like John Clifton's "molehill" opinion . I'd like to hear the opinions of any "persons of color" who may be lurking on our list because it's not clear to me that this is something that only stirs up some PC "whites"s and is not likely to repel independent minds from other backgrounds . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Pix+ : .CoSy.MidWinterParty 17 =A0:= http://cosy.com/y04/MidWinter17.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/04/17 12:28:33 PM