Gee, I do remember exactly what the author said, in context.
I just didn't bother to "document" his name, age, place of
birth and DNA.

Since did not make up what he said and this is neither a
court of law or a college manuscript, my word is all that I
need. If you question my memory, you're certainly free to
research the matter and print your results. However, so far
your comments are just YOUR paranoid guilt ridden feelings
and interpretation.



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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
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"Gary Drescher" wrote in message
. ..
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:rXrgg.26079$ZW3.1474@dukeread04...
| Gee, I'm sorry that I didn't write out all the details,
but
| my memory is accurate. I have no guilt or expectations.
| The reporter had been on assignment in Africa and was
very
| glad he didn't have to live there.
|
| Being glad to live in America rather than Africa is
completely different
| from the obscene idea of being glad that one's ancestors
were enslaved. By
| analogy, a Jewish American whose ancestors came here to
escape the Nazi
| Holocaust can certainly be glad to be living in America,
but it would be
| obscene for him to be glad that the Holocaust occurred.
|
| A responsible person would not publicly ascribe such a
horrific sentiment to
| an African American author without bothering to verify and
document that his
| recollection is correct. But you apparently fail to
appreciate how horrific
| the sentiment really is (perhaps because you still have a
warm, fuzzy
| Confederate impression of slavery).
|
| Anyone not blinded by right-wing ideology would find it
immediately apparent
| that if a respected black author had written a book saying
what you think
| you remember reading, the resulting outcry would have been
enormous, and
| memorable to all of us. It didn't happen.
|
| --Gary
|
|