RE: Am I the only one who finds this offensive?
- From: Michael Milligan <Michael.Milligan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 10:04:26 -0600
"I am a person of an extremely liberal persuasion and anybody who knows me
would find an idea of me spreading a Nazi propaganda completely and utterly
ridiculous."
Being extremely liberal obviously does not correlate with restraining
oneself from making light of a cruel and despicable atrocity. I suppose it
does correlate with one's view on Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction. I'm
fairly conservative, and found the wardrobe malfunction very inappropriate.
More importantly, I found your reference to the holocaust nothing short of
painful to read. However, you were man enough to apologize, several times,
and that resolves it as far as I am concerned.
The more worrisome statements are from Mr. Wendelken, wherein he appears to
"minimize" the holocaust as well as the light-hearted pun about it.
Michael Milligan
Salt Lake City, Utah
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From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:mgogala@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:00 PM
To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: treegarden@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Am I the only one who finds this offensive?
OK, I apologized and I thought that should be the end of this,
but now when you ask, I am of Jewish descent and I my grandfather
lost a brother in WWII, which would, I imagine, be my relative had I
ever known him. Being born in 1961, I was very fortunate indeed not to
experience either WWII or the holocaust. When I used that phrase
(a very stupid thing, indeed, I admit), I used it to signify strict
and brutal discipline, not killing of any kind. I am a person of an
extremely liberal persuasion and anybody who knows me would find an
idea of me spreading a Nazi propaganda completely and utterly ridiculous.
Once again, I apologize to anyone whom I might have offended and
let me assure you that nobody could condemn Nazi atrocities more strongly
then myself. I am coming from Europe and my sense of humor is formed
accordingly. For instance, I found the "unrehearsed wardrobe malfunction"
during the super-bowl game funny and not at all disconcerting or disturbing.
I saw few equally serious crimes against fashion today on the train and yet
nobody was paying any attention. So, please, let's leave this topic behind
us. I didn't want to offend anybody, I do have a sense of humor that
obviously needs some more work and I hope that would be the end of this
unfortunate debate. Paul, what exactly is the point of this prolonged
debate? If you want me to admit that I blurted out a very stupid thing
indeed, I'll gladly accommodate you.
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