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On Mon, 11 Jun 2001 06:52:27 GMT, mr_potter <nospam@newsranger.com> wrote:
>In article <slrn9i57ce.nj3.kt-alt@pug1.sprocketshop.com>, Kenneth P. Turvey
>says...
>>
>>On Tue, 05 Jun 2001 21:50:00 -0500, Boomer <Boomer@NuKeSpaM.ROCK> wrote:
>>>Mayor Slay says he wants to be a "Mayor for all the people", so he
>>>removed the state flags of Mississippi and Georgia from the City Hall
>>>rotunda, because they are embedded with the confederate battle flag.  I
>>>guess "all the people" doesn't mean those with a southern heritage.
>>
>>I was having a debate about this issue with a friend of mine some time
>>ago... I just didn't see spending time on the issue >at this late date.
>
>What color is your skin?

I really don't see how that matters.

>>I didn't see the confederate flag as a symbol of slavery, but of the
>>confederacy.  I really wouldn't care if all the states took it out of
>>their flags, but I would have prefered they spent their time on other
>>issues.
>
>Oh, you know how these State's Righter's can be....

OK.

>>He said something would change my opinion on this issue considerably.
>>Apparently many states included the confederate flag in their states
>>flags durring the political battles of the civil rights movment.  If
>>this is the case it really was a slap in the face to the people of color
>>in the communities... one that should be rectified.  The people this act
>>was intended to offend are still alive.  Their children are still alive.  
>>
>>Unfortunately I haven't had the time to verify this. 
>
>You might look into a "colored" person's face to "verify" this...honestly.

The term I used, "people of color", was intended to include people other
than those in the African American community.  I don't think these
comments have contributed anything to the discussion.  Honestly, I'm
still at a loss for what you were trying to get across. 

BTW, elsewhere in this thread someone verified that one of the states in
question had changed their flag in 1954 or thereabouts..  The other
state had continually used the same flag since the 1800s.  


-- 
Kenneth P. Turvey <kt-alt@SprocketShop.com> 
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