Re: Tim May's offensive racism (was: about RC4)

[Tim May <tcmay@got.net>]

At 6:47 PM -0700 11/14/97, Joichi Ito wrote:

>I'm sorry, but a racial remark is a racial remark. I never said it wasn't
>funny and I never said this guy didn't deserve it. But what you said
>was racist, no doubt about it, and even if they are funny, I personally
>think that racial jokes are stupid and cheap.

And where was there any mention of "race"? If a Chinese person made the
same joke about Nakatuji-san's "You send money, I send Misty" nonsense,
would this be "racist" (or "racialist," in your parlance)? How about if a
Pole made the same joke about a Ukrainian, or a Swede, or a German?


>On and by the way, I actually didn't think your message was very funny,
>and I don't see how you can argue that I shouldn't brand you a rascist
>just because you thought you were funny and the guy deserved it.
>
> - Joi

I really don't care if you found it funny or not.

--Tim May


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