Posted by Lou Pilder on July 15, 2005, at 11:28:26
In reply to Re: I see a problem with the logic here » Lou Pilder, posted by AuntieMel on July 15, 2005, at 11:08:51
> Lou - I'm having a problem with your Vietnamese fisherman analogy.
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> Ok, more than one problem.
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> First - the analogy seems to imply that your 'mayor' is posting those signs merely because the fish shop owner is Vietnamese. This is, to me at least, a discrimination against him merely because of *who* he is.
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> I see the next logical thought coming from that analogy that you believe Dr. Bob is saying 'not read' your posts because you are a Jew - meaning *who* you are.
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> This would make the suggestion about *you* when it is in fact about how *others* react to you. Not the same.
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> Second - the mayor in your analogy is telling people not to shop there. Dr. Bob only suggested that if a person reacts so strongly to your posts that he can't control himself that an *option* is to not read them.
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> And as the links I gave you show - it is advice that he has used on multiple occasions, to multiple people having reactions to multiple posters.
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> I don't see how it can be extended to be against you personally.
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> And - I'm not trying to say your feelings aren't valid. I'm just trying to show you things that might help mitigate those feelings so you won't feel so bad.AAM,
You wrote,[...seems to inply that the "mayor" is posting those signs mearly {because} the fish shop owner is Vietnamese...].
Sorry, but that is not my intention and I do not believe that I wrote that the mayor was posting the signs {because} he was Vietnamese.
Lou
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