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afoiani@nmsu.edu (Anthony "Tkil" Foiani) writes:

>Can I say "I won't let colored people into my house?"  If this is
>legal, then I see no reason to extend this analogy to my BBS or
>whatever.

You can *say* that. You can also get flamed (in a real world sense)
if you *say* that in the wrong place.

However, there's nothing illegal about practicing that attitude...assuming
it is your house.

I think this has problems extending to BBSes and USENET access sites. These
are not "houses" but those that claim to be "public access sites" would definately
have problems with that kind of attitude. Especially if said.

It would be good advice to keep racist/sexist/etcist opinions to yourself.
The real issue is not what you say about a group, but how you deal
with a specific incident and why.  

>ObPC:  Please do not infer that I dislike blacks.  *sigh*.

Who asked you if you did or you didn't? <grin>

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