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**perpelverw** · 01-19-2008, 04:22 AM

Originally posted by Winston
I'm curious as to why you decided to bring this up in this thread.

I brought it up because, as I've tried to explain, to me it's an illustration of the kind of out-of-focus view taken by most people with an interest in furthering racial equality - which I'd like to see replaced, or at least more heavily supplemented, by more attention being paid to actual manifestations of inequality and racial strife. And I just read the story in my paper today.

Oh, and I absolutely hate and detest mindless political correctness for the sake of just conforming. And for the sake of just about anything else, come to think of it. Which should come as no big surprise to anyone here.

Why do you ask? Are you just baiting, and if so, are you baiting me or someone else, say, chegitz guevara?

Ah. I hate those things too. But why is celebrating MLK day an illustration of them? Surely, marking a symbol of teh ending of segregation in a non-violent way is on par, in a nation's collective consciousness, with, say, honouring veterans. I guess one might counterargue that racial equality before teh law is a silly example of political correctness gone far, but that would be a difficult argument to make.

Admittedly, you and I, as teh only non-Americans in teh thread, are probably least qualified to discuss teh validity or meaning of this holiday to Americans (to whom teh OP's question was posed), but this is Poly, so that gives us license.

I'm not baiting anyone. Especially not che; that's easy enough to do in a less roundabout way.

01-19-2008, 04:22 AM	#25
perpelverw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 414 Senior Member	Originally posted by Winston I'm curious as to why you decided to bring this up in this thread. I brought it up because, as I've tried to explain, to me it's an illustration of the kind of out-of-focus view taken by most people with an interest in furthering racial equality - which I'd like to see replaced, or at least more heavily supplemented, by more attention being paid to actual manifestations of inequality and racial strife. And I just read the story in my paper today. Oh, and I absolutely hate and detest mindless political correctness for the sake of just conforming. And for the sake of just about anything else, come to think of it. Which should come as no big surprise to anyone here. Why do you ask? Are you just baiting, and if so, are you baiting me or someone else, say, chegitz guevara? Ah. I hate those things too. But why is celebrating MLK day an illustration of them? Surely, marking a symbol of teh ending of segregation in a non-violent way is on par, in a nation's collective consciousness, with, say, honouring veterans. I guess one might counterargue that racial equality before teh law is a silly example of political correctness gone far, but that would be a difficult argument to make. Admittedly, you and I, as teh only non-Americans in teh thread, are probably least qualified to discuss teh validity or meaning of this holiday to Americans (to whom teh OP's question was posed), but this is Poly, so that gives us license. I'm not baiting anyone. Especially not che; that's easy enough to do in a less roundabout way.
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