Warp wrote:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> The people around him, for example, were carrying signs reading "It's the 
>> *white* house!"
> 
>   Curious. In Finland you would get arrested for such an open display of
> racism (one of the few situations where that law is used *correctly*,
> I suppose). I'm surprised it's not the same in the US.

50 years ago you weren't allowed to marry interracially, and you expect the 
US to punish racists now? :-)

No, but seriously, one thing Americans do go on about is how obnoxious 
they're allowed to be while speaking or writing, with that whole "First 
Amendment" thing.  I have to admit I agree with it, tho.

We punish people who do more than *say* racist things, mind.  You can get 
extra punishment if you beat someone up *because* you're a racist, for 
example. But talk? Talk is easy.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "We'd like you to back-port all the changes in 2.0
    back to version 1.0."
   "We've done that already. We call it 2.0."

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