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Re: Thinking out loud

++++    Hey, I'm sorry, really didn't want to offend anyone. But I am
angry with terrorists and freeloaders in this country. Who by chance.
Read my words, by chance happen to have a different skin color than i do.
I'm a patriot, and a humorist. You failed to read me right, if you are
hyper sensitive or always serious you will.
	When i hear that they have assimilated into our society and gone
about their normal business, that sends up an alarm. I'm not afraid of
other races, don't hate them either.
	That's not fair. We don't know who they are, or where they are,
but the muslim friend you've known for years who lives down the street
who you have coffee with every saturday could be harboring anti-american
agendas and watching and waiting for the right time to strike.
	Haven't you heard what the guys they've already caught did? And
their numbers are vast and wide.
	It would be nice to live in a world that John Lennon sings of,
but that place is heaven and until we get there we are divided by
suspicions and skin color and religion.
	We aren't the same. I'm white, no matter how hard I try, I can't
be black, or yellow. Whatever.

I don't think it's too hard to understand at this time.
Profiling is going on as we speak. No I don't think Afghans should be
rounded up like the Chinese, and I shouldn't have to explain that.
	You can be profiled without loosing any of your rights. I meant
our people, the people investigating, FBI, CIA. Sorry.

WS


On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 19:51:25 EDT Acidroz at aol_com writes:
>For a few years, I have actively participated in a few list and 
>message 
>boards. Approximately two months ago, I signed up for the OTR list 
>excited to 
>hear from others who share an appreciation for their music and 
>possibly learn 
>about other interesting bands and artist through the participants. I 
>have 
>enjoyed reading many of the post -- some have made me laugh out loud 
>-- and a 
>few have made me very sad. Since I am new to this community, I have 
>spent the 
>majority of my time lurking in order to get a feel for the climate. 
>For the 
>second time in the short time I have been here, I am considering if 
>this is a 
>neighborhood I want to hang out in. My thoughts to pack up and leave 
>have 
>been fueled by only a few people but those people have made sure they 
>have 
>been *loud* enough to be heard. 
>
>A few thoughts:
>
>David (Peace and veggies) so sweetly welcomed me to the list. He made 
>me feel 
>comfortable enough to drop in on the party without feeling like a true 
>
>outsider. Thanks!
>
>The post by Chris (?) brought tears to my eyes as I was searching 
>frantically 
>for my sister who works in the Pentagon area and another relative who 
>was 
>unaccounted for in New York on Sept 11th. I quickly blocked all of his 
>
>incoming messages because I did not want that kind of ignorance added 
>to my 
>already heightened emotional state. 
>
>Now post as offensive, IMO, are being sent to the list by WS. Do you 
>even 
>hear how you sound with words like: 
>"Racial profiling is a made up word by the liberal media. It
>should more rightly be called "Deductive Reasoning", OR "Process of
>Elimination." There's nothing to bitch about here. If you get brought 
>in
>because you have yellow skin and you didn't do anything, our guys 
>aren't
>going to torture them, they'll be fine." 
>
>*Who* are *"our guys"*!! 
>
>In your mind, why is it OK to assume the intent of another human based 
>upon 
>skin color? Are we to round up all the brown and yellow people the 
>same way 
>America did the Japanese in the not too distant past and lock them 
>away while 
>this latest war is being fought?
>
>I have found each of your post highly inflammatory, prejudiced, and 
>hateful! 
>Seeing the word "rag-head" in your post stunned me! I was angry but 
>decided 
>to stop before submitting a response. When I was ready to so, others 
>had 
>answered already and I didn't think there was anything else I could 
>add to 
>what they had said so well. But as I'm writing this, I doubt you 'get 
>it'.......even if I was as eloquent in speech as Ysoie, Linford, and 
>some of 
>the others here, I doubt you would take the time to truly listen to 
>what's 
>being said. You haven't even digested the fact that EVERYTHING that's 
>written 
>here reflects upon Karin, Linford, Wade, Stacy, all those associated 
>with the 
>band...even their supporters! The stain of prejudice -- name calling 
>-- is 
>not something I wish to be associated with.
>
>I refuse to listen to racial jokes, and racist rhetoric in my 
>face-to-face 
>contacts, and I do not desire to be forced to listen to it in my 
>cyber-relationships. That said, I am trying to decide if this is where 
>I want 
>to be. I am torn between desiring the company of the people I know 
>here in 
>name only and protecting my heart. Right now, this doesn't seem like a 
>safe 
>place. I'm scared each time I open my mail I'll step on a land mine 
>--.
>
>Sorry for the rambling. I'm just thinking out loud.
>
>Rose
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