Hear hear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! S. B. Friedman Ö¿Ö¬ n ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ On Tue, 18 Oct 2005 17:28:18 -0400 Bob Shell <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > On Tuesday, October 18, 2005, at 04:53 PM, Ruddy Roye wrote: > > > Maan as my blood boiled, this email came and rescued me. > > I am black, and tho I do not need anyone to remind me of that > fact, I > > do expect if nothing else, my feelings as a fellow member of this > chat > > group are respected. > > I don't have a problem with black people. Nor with Asian people. > Nor > with any other kind of people. None of us would ever have known you > > were black if you hadn't told us. For all I know, many other list > members may be black, but it has never come up because it is not > relevant to our discussions. This is a photography list. > > I do have a problem with a new member of a list jumping on those of > us > who have been here for years and know each other, and telling us how > to > behave. We've gotten along just fine for a lot of years without the > > need for a monitor of political correctness. This list has always > maintained freedom of speech, and the only thing really off limits > is > personal attacks. Anyone who is offended by our discussions or > language can find instructions on how to unsubscribe at the bottom > of > each list message. > > Now let's get back to discussing photography and Rollei. > > Bob > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into > www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list