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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2019-03-13 3:01 p.m., Christopher
Browne via talk wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 11:53, Alex Volkov via talk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org"><talk@gtalug.org></a> wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Okay everyone,
I believe this discussion is moved way off-topic and I don't think
anyone would change anyone else mind at this point.
So we should leave it at that.
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Yes, please.
Quoting from the rules about this list...
"Particularly for this list:
- Don't be the guy on the soapbox,
- Try to stay out of political, social, or religious issues,"
This is certainly a political argument, therefore something we are to
"try to stay out of."
Individuals may not *think* they're saying things intended to be
racist, but that doesn't prevent those things from nevertheless being
perceived as such, and that's a decidedly woeful road to PLEASE NOT
head down. Explaining why it wasn't is enormously unlikely to help.
In national scandal news, the Prime Minister is having little success
with his recent attempts to explain his situation, and he has
professional staff doubtless trying to help. For those of us without
helpful staff, good luck!!!!
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