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Gal Called Jani wrote:
> One time on Usenet, "Rona Y." > said:
>
>> it's the implication
>> that because he was foreign born, he couldn't read or understand
>> that the pasta should have been refrigerated or frozen (and was
>> therefore stupid--implied, not stated by the tone of the post--she's
>> so lucky to get free pasta because some dumbass foreigner couldn't
>> read).

>
> <snip>
>
> Funny, my take on her comment was that the fellow had a very good
> reason for not reading English -- he wasn't born here. I didn't think
> she implied that being non-American made him "stupid". Maybe
> predjudice
> is in the eye of the reader...


High five, Jani! I'm in total agreement with you.

kili


 
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