Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >   Why does it matter what was used as an example? What does it matter if it
> > was ethnicity, weight or show size? Ethnicity happened to be part of the
> > original discussion.

> All of those examples have nothing to do with whether you're in the country 
> legally.

  You just refuse to understand what "example" means, don't you?

  "If ethnicity is a distinguishing factor, then..." is an example. It's
not making a claim about what is and isn't a distinguishing factor.

> >   I think your problem is that you are too obsessed with ethnicity. Whenever
> > someone talks about ethnicity, it must always be "racism".

> Not at all.

  Then why do I get the feeling? Ethnicity really seems to be a touchy
subject.

> >> And why would you argue against the *best* example of distinguishing 
> >> feature, which happens to be probable cause?
> > 
> >   And why would you invent arguments I have neved presented?

> OK. At this point, you're again not answering the questions that would clear 
> up the confusion, so have a good one.

  Are we having reading comprehension problems? Or difficulties in
understanding rhetorical questions? Let me translate:

  "And why would you invent arguments I have neved presented?" means
"I have not made any such argument".

  Maybe you should learn literary techniques sometime.

> >> And, in this instance, "racism" isn't necessarily a bad word. It's just 
> >> using someone's race to target them for presumtions about the likelihood 
> >> they'll behave in a certain way.
> > 
> >   "Racism" is exclusively used as a negative and derogatory term. There are
> > no neutral uses in practice.

> Yet you're suggesting exactly that there are neutral and even beneficial 
> uses of the *act* of racism.

  Firstly, I'm not suggesting that (and I'm getting really tired of you
claiming I do, over and over), and secondly, you are comparing apples to
oranges. I was talking about the term "racism" as being used exclusively
with negative connotations, which is why I don't appreciate you insinuating
I'm one.

  If you keep making that insinuation, I'm going to end this conversation.
I'm not going to continue this if you keep insulting me.

-- 
                                                          - Warp

Post a reply to this message