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Why did Gary James say in git.general:
) If I missed something please point it out to me and I shall try to do
) better next time.  Actually, people without prejudice (meaning self pride
) and pride of their people) tend to be illogical, don't you think ?

From Merriam-Webster:
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(2a) (1) : preconceived judgment or opinion (2) : an adverse opinion or
leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge (b) :
an instance of such judgment or opinion (c) : an irrational attitude of
hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their
supposed characteristics
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You are assuming that since an element of the population seems, to you, to
tend more towards hostililities--though we've pointed out that your
"facts" are conclusions based on faulty evidence--that means that people
of that element are more inclined _naturally_, worldwide, to be hostile or
violent.

Which is bullshit.  In this country, minorities tend to be oppressed and
victims of prejudice.  I know *I* myself might well respond to such a
prejudicial grouping with violence, and I'm a white woman.  

In Israel, the Palestinians are likely to be violent.  Does that mean that
Palestinians in, oh, India, are more likely to be violent?  NO!

Those who are oppressed in this country are not necessarily oppressed
elsewhere, and even if they are, we can't assume the same results.  The US
is a _big_ country, with lots of different people of lots of different
opinions.  So _some_ choose to be violent; that makes them more visible,
but it doesn't make the REST of them violent.

Suppose your brother is a serial killer.  Does that make _you_ one?

Suppose you feel hostility towards the Man for keeping you down, then you
move to a different country, with a different the Man (more gentle).  Are
you still likely to feel hostility, "just because"?

I repeat my previous statement.  Prejudice of the nature you express is
revolting, disgusting, and makes me want to spew.

-gzb
-- 
	Like a true nature's child, I was born to be wild.
						-Steppenwolf