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Date:         Thu, 10 Jun 2010 01:31:28 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: [WetWesties] Pain in the Propane
Comments: cc: BenT Syncro <syncro@gmail.com>
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Dear Volks,

At 10:56 PM 6/9/2010, someone wrote: >I have had my tank filled by one of those folks whose only English is OK.

Because of the circumstances of my life, most of the people I've met who were ignorant, arrogant and too proud to listen (including at least one Propane attendant) spoke English as their native tongue. Indeed I've spent a good deal of time amongst doctors, and they can be the worst offenders. Actually I've been one of them myself, and sometimes still am.

[Moderator hat] I let the first one pass, but using phraseology like this as a code to avoid saying "foreigner" or worse really won't do here. I know it slips in unconsciously, but please consider carefully whether the information and the emotional load it carries is actually necessary, and if it *is* then spit it out without shame -- the man was a first-generation immigrant and I assume he was here illegally. A fex has no clean end, so if it has to be picked up then it doesn't much matter where.

The moderators may well disagree that said content was necessary, but at least we'll all know where we stand.

Thank you, David [Hat off].


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