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This conversation about that phrase is off-topic for the BLU mailing list.
It has nothing whatsoever to do with Linux and UNIX.

I thought I had replied about this a couple weeks ago, but it turns out my
earlier reply went to one individual and not to the list. Attempting to
stir up the argument yet again when it had died out a week ago is even more
inappropriate.

As I said in my earlier reply, if you are unable to drop the matter, then
take it to private mail or some other, more relevant forum, and keep it off
the BLU mailing list.

Thank you.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 6:58 AM, Bouman MC <boumanmcc at gmail.com> wrote:

> My use of the term "cotton pickin' " was for the purpose of
> aliteration, not racism. Why would anyone think of this phrase in
> racist terms? I personally know of white woman from Latvia who
> emigrated just after WWII with her family (as a child) to Tennessee.
> The whole family picked cotton by hand in the fields. No language
> skills, no job...unless you can pick cotton. Then they got a cross
> burnt outside of their front door and they got the hint that nobody
> thereabouts wanted Latvian immigrants and they moved to New Jersey. So
> goes life. Back to the email question.
>
>
>
> 2016-03-22 6:56 UTC?04:00, Bouman MC <boumanmcc at gmail.com>:
> > Back to the core question: Which of these email services will be the
> > first to turn over all date to the feds? What do I have to hide?
> > Nothing. What do I want? My constitutional perogatives that this
> > country used to have. MCB
> >
> > 2016-03-22 6:40 UTC?04:00, Gordon Marx <gcmarx at gmail.com>:
> >> Hi MC,
> >> Why do you think I want to hear from you?
> >>
> >> Before you respond, think about why I would say that to you. Remember
> >> that you started a thread where a bunch of people said a bunch of
> >> foolish shit, and you started it by saying something you shouldn't
> >> have. You didn't apologize, you still haven't apologized, and I'm sure
> >> that even if you tried, your apology would sound flat and insincere,
> >> because you don't even know what you did. As a result of that thread,
> >> I left BLU, and then you decided it was a good idea for you to email
> >> me privately. Think *really* hard before you hit send on a response,
> >> and even then, you probably just shouldn't.
> >>
> >> Gordon
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 6:32 AM, Bouman MC <boumanmcc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> My use of the term "cotton pickin' " was for the purpose of
> >>> aliteration, not racism. Why would anyone think of this phrase in
> >>> racist terms? I personally know of white woman from Latvia who
> >>> emigrated just after WWII with her family (as a child) to Tennessee.
> >>> The whole family picked cotton by hand in the fields. No language
> >>> skills, no job...unless you can pick cotton. Then they got a cross
> >>> burnt outside of their front door and they got the hint that nobody
> >>> thereabouts wanted Latvian immigrants and they moved to New Jersey. So
> >>> goes life. Back to the email question.
> >>>
> >>> 2016-03-16 7:02 UTC?04:00, Gordon Marx <gcmarx at gmail.com>:
> >>>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 10:12 PM, Rich Pieri <richard.pieri at gmail.com
> >
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> When C's "persuasion" takes the form of social or political pressure
> >>>>> applied to A in order to coerce A to conform to C's ideals and morals
> >>>>> then it most certainly is oppression.
> >>>>
> >>>> Oh, I understand now. You don't know what oppression means. I was
> >>>> right when I said you were insulated from the outside world!
> >>>>
> >>>> Peace out, BLU. Whoever was complaining about the SNR was right, but
> >>>> not in the way he (and it was DEFINITELY a he) meant it. If anyone
> >>>> wants me to continue telling them why their idiotic beliefs about how
> >>>> to act in society are idiotic, feel free to follow up privately, but
> >>>> I'm off the list as of right now and won't be back.
> >>>> _______________________________________________
> >>>> Discuss mailing list
> >>>> Discuss at blu.org
> >>>> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> >>>>
> >>
> >
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