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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: The joy of Democracy
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 08:58:53 +0000
Organization: A little, after lunch
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On 03/11/2024 00:01, rbowman wrote:
>   Indians are as racist as whites so the
> half-breeds don't get on the rolls and they may not be accepted by the
> whites either.

That sentence could have been written in the early 20th century about 
India as well as the USA.


-- 
I was brought up to believe that you should never give offence if you 
can avoid it; the new culture tells us you should always take offence if 
you can. There are now experts in the art of taking offence, indeed 
whole academic subjects, such as 'gender studies', devoted to it.

Sir Roger Scruton