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Gary James wrote:

> Lady Galadriel wrote:
> >
> > Why did Gary James say in git.general:
> > ) Well, it does seem that certain people are more prone to violence than
> > ) others.  I would say among the British it would be Irish.  And among
> > ) Americans it appears to be Africans.
> >
> > (snicker)
> >
> > Now look at what those two groups have in common, shall we?  In the US,
> > African American Black People of Color have been traditionally supressed,
> > condescended to, assumed to be less intelligent, victims of prejudice, and
> > generally treated unfairly.  More recently some people have been working
> > on that, but there are still large segments of the population who believe
> > the stereotypes and act accordingly.
> >
> > In the UK/Ireland...there is hate, general religious difference/enmity,
> > suppression, prejudice... Gee.  It seems to me that a group of people who
> > are suppressed might get violent.  Some of them anyway.  Some of them
> > might try peaceful protest, but without a STRONG, visible leader, you
> > don't get much of anywhere.
> >
> > So fuck you, sideways, with a rusty chainsaw, with acid
> > dispensers.  Believing and propagating a stereotype (that any particular
> > group of people is worlwide likely to be "more violent" than any
> > other) is one of the most revolting concepts.
> >
> > -gzb
> > --
> >         "If you don't mind my expressin' my feelin's, Mr. Scott, I'll make
> > free to say that you're seventeen kinds of a fool an' all of 'em
> > different, and then some."
> >                                 -from Jack London's _White_Fang_
>
> With all due respect, blacks committed 53.4 % of murders in US in 1998.
> Being they represent about 12 % of the population I think this figure
> cannot be ignored except by the more ignorant.    And those who prefer
> Political Correctness to truth,   which I realize appears to be a small
> amjority.   But their ranks are dwindling.
>
> http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004896.html
>
> And here is how the murders were committed in 1998.
>
> http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0778269.html
>
> GJ