From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com)
Date: Mon Jun 03 2002 - 21:07:48 MDT
From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com>
> Olga Bourlin wrote:
> > And yet, the hardships my relatives faced didn't come anywhere close to
the
> > nightmarish conditions under which many people in the USA lived ... in
their
> > very own country. I'll say it again ... in their very own country. A
white
> > immigrant Jewish-albeit-agnostic woman (i.e., Ayn) could live a far, far
> > better life than black people anywhere (especially in the South). Ayn
> > married an American actor. Doors opened. Speaking of "earning" - it's
a
> > luxury even to speculate about whether Ayn "earned anything." My
concern at
> > that time (early 1960s) was with why many black children couldn't swim
in
> > the same pool as "white" children. Whatever did white children "earn"
to be
> > given this privileged status?
>
> I can't say I'm surprised by this sort of garbage from Olga. Let me tell
> you about this "white" child and his family background. My ancestors ...
Yes, the history of humankind is definitely not for the faint-of-heart, but
for our purposes here I was specifically responding to Max's insinuation
that I did not appreciate Ayn's background and how difficult she'd had it.
I assured Max I knew all about Russian immigrants. And the discussion
centered around my use of the word "luxury" - my attributing it to the life
Ayn had. What part of my initial post and response to Max did you find
particularly full of garbage, Mike?
> I have no reason to feel guilty, and you
> are absolutely out of place trying to claim I am guilty, because of a
> system set up by the same British that repressed my ancestors. You are
> absolutely wrong to claim that I, or any other modern white person,
> didn't "earn" our status in life.
Did I say you should feel guilty?
> Please take your late 20th century liberal bigotry and chuck it out the
> door.
Deal. Out with the 20th century, and in with the 21st ... (liberal bigotry?
it may be hard for you to believe, but I don't cotton to everything
"liberal," whatever that means these days).
Olga
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