>>John, if "everyone" is racist, then it sort of diminishes the definition.

For a pragmatist it means you accept it, ask others to accept it, and decry attempts to use it as a political howitzer shell.

>>I think you know that I despite many of the ideas of Barack Obama. Here's one of the reasons why - after the horrible tragedy of the Martin/Zimmerman situation last year, Barack Obama gave an intellectually manipulative speeches that effectively called out nearly all Americans as racist - by referring to (ironically) the small stuff.

Loose paraphrase: know your enemy as yourself and you will not fear 100 battles. Know yourself but not your enemy and you will suffer a defeat for every win. Know neither and you will lose every battle. If my (probably deceased now) Zimbabwean colleague was right, then most people in our self-indulgent Western culture, know neither. QED.

>>As for your LED charge comment...as Lacy said to Danny on the golf course in Caddyshack, "Nice try" <s>

You know I'm referring to your monitor, right? A fleeting image maintained by magic electricity that goes away forever whenever you decide? I can do it now, look...


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