Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's easy. Here, he can get for himself what of he won't give to others from himself at that other place. Slobodan Dimitrov Will wrote: > > So why don't you take this discussion to the Rollei list > which you rule with a Draconian hand or to the LUG forum? We > all know pretty much what your viewpoint is. After five > years of listening to you rant, I am getting a little tired. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marc James Small" <msmall@infi.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 02:01 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] States' Rights and Racism > > | At 09:21 PM 2/10/03 +0100, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > | > > | >Whatever the history of the phrase, it is indisputable > that today, at > | >least in the Deep South, it IS very much a code word for > supporting the > | >good old days when blacks knew that their place was in > the back of the > | >bus. I lived in North Florida (the part of that state > that is part of > | >the South, as opposed to South Florida) from 1984 to > 1990, and can > | >assure you that everyone there knew what "states' rights" > meant, and > | >there sure was nothing libertarian about it... > | > > | > | Nathan > | > | I have lived in Virginia for three decades now and I can > assure you that > | there is nothing "coded" about 'states' rights' in this > Commonwealth -- it > | means only the right of the sovereign Commonwealth of > Virginia to determine > | those things which the founding fathers felt were proper > for the purview of > | the several states, such as fundamental police powers, > nothing more and > | nothing less. Virginia was never a rancidly Jim Crow > state and, when they > | passed racist laws, they were fairly open about it. > | > | | I cannot speak for Florida. Never been there and, from > all I have heard, I > | doubt that I ever want to go there. Sounds like the East > Coast's answer to > | California. > | > | Marc > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html