quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Rabbit's post where she said "My apologies Katharina. I presumed you knew..." sounded, to me, an awful lot like a veiled attack instead of a helpful apology.
I guess that's where tone of voice would help. I read it as sincere, but I can see it your way too.
I withdraw my comment. Pending further evidence I guess I'll give them both the benefit of the doubt.
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quote:Originally posted by mr_porteiro_head: Rabbit's post where she said "My apologies Katharina. I presumed you knew..." sounded, to me, an awful lot like a veiled attack instead of a helpful apology.
It was not intended as such. I do sincerely apologize, I could have and should have found a much better way to express my position.
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Yes, Samp, but don't you remember the shitstorm the PC-obsessed liberal media made over those comments by Steele?
Seriously though, this controversy actually made my brain hurt. I'm not going to defend Obama, since he never actually made any racially charged comment, since he never referred to a bus, which is a pretty important piece of the back of the bus metaphor. Instead I'm going to defend Steele, since Steele actually did make the comment.
Lisa, I don't think it's fair of you to attack Steele for what he said about Pelosi. Steele is a black man, and it was his people who suffered from segregation in America for so long, and likely takes the issue very seriously. It's entirely possible that he meant the comment innocently, or if he was referring to racial segregation, he was perhaps trying to counter some perceived racism he was sensing from Pelosi herself, and felt that would be the most hard-hitting way to draw an effective comparison between her behaviour and previous racist sentiments in America.
I hope you understand better now.
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