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Re: News Release: Delwin Vriend Supreme Court Decision

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From: Norman Gall
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 1998 00:00
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In article <6g4kem$mag$1@news.sas.ab.ca>, commandr@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca
() wrote:

> : >   I see, so if I choose to disagree with political correctness, am I not
> : > discriminating?  
> 
> : Of course not.  It depends entirely upon *why* you make such a choice.  I
> : am firmly against 'political correctness'.  We, I'm certain, are talking
> : about different things, I'm afraid.
> 
>   You are wrong there, Mr. Professor.  I am discriminating against
> political correctness. 

Boy, you're dense: I'll type it slower now. It depends entirely upon *why*
you make such a choice. Sicne you've given us no reasons, we are talking
about different things.

> : > And for the people who use inflamatory language as using
> : > the word, bigot, they are ....
> 
> : ...describing, perhaps.  Again, it depends upon why they are using the term.
> 
>   You missed my point, Mr. Professor.  

I don't think so.

> Jean Charest caused Federal Tories
> in Alberta to roll their eyes when he called Preston Manning and the
> backers of Reform, "Bigots"  What would you then call Mr. Charest

I'd call Charest, in the specific context of the comment, an accurate
describer of the Federal Reform Party. 

Why do I have to say everything twice?

Norm Gall

-- 
"Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools, and the 
 beacons of wise men."                         T.H. Huxley
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From: gall@uwinnipeg.ca (Norman Gall)
Subject: Re: News Release: Delwin Vriend Supreme Court Decision
Date: 1998/04/04
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