Request for member withdrawal

[Jocelyn Limpert]

I support both Judy and Benjamin. I have found Tom Z's comments to be very
inappropriate.

Jocelyn Limpert
Washington, DC

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at ix.netcom.com>wrote:

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> I second this call.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Seattle, WA
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> On Jan 19, 2010, at 7:31 PM, Judy Prince wrote:
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> > Sali's being infinitely patient and courteous, Tom.
> >
> > I agree with his last sentence to you:  "I think it's pretty insensitive
> and
> > colonial of you to be so stubborn on a subject matter that everybody has
> > politely proved you to be mistaken."
> >
> > You go beyond insensitivity.
> >
> > Your obvious, extreme, persistent racism is not appropriate for this
> public
> > list.  You degrade me, my family, my friends, my colleagues, and these
> > listmembers with what you seem to regard as humorous jibes at blacks.  My
> > view is that you are an incorrigible racist.
> >
> > I call for the listmanager to ask for your withdrawing from the list, and
> if
> > you do not withdraw, then I will expect the listmanager to withdraw you.
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
> > 2010/1/19 Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com>
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Put together you got watu-eusi or in short watusi?  ~waattuesee
> >> This is the name of a tall slender African tribe, an African long-horned
> >> cow, and a dance in the 60's.
> >> I think we can watusi off as a nice name for black people.  Watusi's the
> >> dance made for romance.
> >>
> >>
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