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Originally posted by Cowperson@Sep 4 2005, 12:15 PM
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Originally posted by Snakeeye@Sep 3 2005, 10:02 PM
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@Sep 3 2005, 10:45 AM
Can you explain that statement Snakeeye?
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Certantly. The other poster was insinuating that the response to the disaster in NOLA would have been considerably better if the majority of the trapped people were white. An accusation that racism played a significant role in the speed of the response.
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Would you not agree that judging a person, or making accusations based only on skin colour is racist?
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Its only about a month since the CN derailment at Wabamum Lake near Edmonton, where toxic chemicals were spilled into the lake and where the lateness and confusion of the response from CN Rail and provincial officials drew substantial criticism.
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Meanwhile, red neck Texas has taken in over 200,000 mostly black refugees and the white governor has said children will be taken into Texas schools without reservation.
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Bloody well right Mr Cow....
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I had to laugh. Some of the loudest posters on this board automatically assume that Texans are racists and must hate blacks. Then I see that a quarter of a million refugees have been taken in and there are thousands of volunteers caring for them all in Texas.
Texas is doing a heck of a job helping its neighbor, colour be damned.