Re: Racism

["Brian M. Scott" <b.scott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 30 Dec 2006 14:20:27 -0800, <phoglund@xxxxxx> wrote in
<news:1167517226.947496.305320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
in sci.lang:

> Brian M. Scott wrote:

>> And in my experience the view that you express here
>> frequently turns out to be a political opinion
>> masquerading as a detached observation.

> To be fair to Jukka K: I can vouch for the fact that he is
> not a racist, not even a crypto-racist himself. 

???

I did not suggest that he was.  Even if I had meant the
observation personally, which I did not, as I have
absolutely no idea what Jukka's political views are, I do
would not refer to racism or crypto-racism as 'a political
opinion'.

> He is an irritating pedant and generally an unlikeable,
> disagreeable person, but definitely not a racist.

The first part of the description is quite consistent with
my own experience, and I'm perfectly willing to believe the
last part as well.

Brian