AW: German society (was: AW: [thechat] King Preaches Abstinence to Parading Maidens)
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Tue Sep 17 06:58:01 CDT 2002
On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Erika Meyer wrote:
> Race issues are worse IMO when you pretend they doesn't exist.
> Closing your eyes and closing your mouth in special company doesn't
> make racism go away. Same with sexism.
Well yes and no - of course it doesn't remove the sex/racism of the
individual. But the more that sex/racists feel less free to openly espouse
their views, the less chance there is of those views continuing to be
generally acceptable. It has an effect, albeit a longer-term one.
IOW don't make it easy for the buggers.
Cheers
Martin
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