Date sent:      	Fri, 22 Jan 1999 14:49:50 -0800 (PST)
From:           	Rob Barba <ashita@rocketmail.com>
Send reply to:  	ashita@cchono.com
Subject:        	[FFML] This is beyond rediculous.
To:             	ffml@fanfic.com, KLEPPE@execpc.com, bogue@negia.net

I thought about it long and hard, and hoped that a clarification 

would

be forthcoming.  Gary's response in quitting was correct, and I 

hoped

that a clarification would have been issued by now.  But with the
exception of Ryoucilio (an irony, considering that most people 

never

take him seriously), no one has commented.  Neither the person 

that

issued it has commented or apologized, nor has anyone else 

said much.

Having seen the email in question, at first, I didn't see anything 
wrong with it.  Then I reread it. Hm. I caught the racist tones in it.
Then I reread it a third time.  And realized that this was actually a 
commentary on how Japan views foreigners. Even Chinese.

Jeez. There IS such a thing about being TOO politically correct.

I'm hoping that the words were typoed, that something was left 

out of

it.  I'm hoping that the reason nothing's been said is because
everyone's so surprised by it, that no one really knows what to 

say

that would start a massive verbal war.   But that's not the point.  I
am guilty, as are we all, for not saying a thing.  

Gary and Ryocilio are correct.  Such comments cannot be 

ignored, nor

can one blindly hope that things merely work out, for the silence 

on

all sides is proving that it isn't.

I didn't see anything majorly inflammatory about it. It's just a 
comment on Japanese culture... albeit, without the Post-it notes 
explaining Japanese xenophobia.

-David