NP? "the formerly colonised coming back to haunt us"

Dave Monroe davidmmonroe at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 30 10:25:43 CST 2002


Keep in mind, Morris was citing a few words out of a 
perfectly reasonable sentence out of a perfectly
reasonable comment comment of Michael Moorcock's, who
does know more than a little himself about the
workings of fantasy literature.  If he has any further
problems, he can always take it up with Moorcock
himslef, who's apparently eminently approachable ...

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--- David Morris <fqmorris at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> --- David Gentle <Gentle_Family at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> > > --- David Gentle <Gentle_Family at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
> > > > > --- Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com>

[posted a comment of Michael Moorcock's from which
David Morris excerpted the following seven words]

> > > > > > I suspect Tolkien's racism was the
> inherited

Morris:

> > > > > This statement is offensive.

Gentle:

> > > > Everything is offensive to someone.

Morris:

> > > Are you implying that calling someone racist is
> > > a small matter?

Gentle:

> > No. I'm making a comment about offensivness.

Morris:
  
> In my opinion calling someone racist is a very
> concrete (meaning serious) act....

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