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Whenever anyone says anything that might be taken as bad about someone with a bit darker skin,

I agree. Saying something bad about someone with a bit darker skin isn't racism. I didn't call it such either. I called it "extreme rudeness". This makes your argument moot.

The implied racism comes from when he supposed that the OP must be Indian. So what was his point? I interpreted the point as being something along the lines of "no wonder he's lazy" or "no wonder he's stupid", and that would be racism. I'd be glad to hear alternate interpretations.

Anyway, it was put to vote, and it seems PerlMonks agrees. (I suppose it's not clear what exactly they agree with.)

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Re^3: Reaped: Re: fork usage
by Jenda (Abbot) on Aug 24, 2009 at 16:59 UTC

    Well, then you either live among hypocrites or you think everyone is "extremely rude". Saying something bad about someone is quite often simply TRUE. It's rude or even extremely rude only sometimes. And whether it is depends on what what and how you said. If you cannot ever say anything bad about or to anyone, you have to lie about half of the time.

    And regarding the next paragraph ... no that would not be racism. That would be experience. The original poster did sound like one of the bunch of Indians of late. No one said all Indians are stupid or lazy, but we've had quite a few that are apparently both lately so assuming another stupid or lazy poster is also an Indian is quite understandable. Though in the current politically correct world banned.

    And not only is it unclear what did those monks agree with, but more importantly there were only five of them.

    Jenda
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      Well, then you either live among hypocrites or you think everyone is "extremely rude". Saying something bad about someone is quite often simply TRUE

      Rudeness is how something is said, not what is said.

      "Shut the fuck up" is a command, so I don't see how it can be true (or false).

      That would be experience.

      Prejudice based on experience is still prejudice.

      No one said all Indians are stupid or lazy,

      "Only Indians are stupid or lazy" is equally racist.

      And not only is it unclear what did those monks agree with, but more importantly there were only five of them

      I already corrected my post to account for the first half, but I disagree with the second half. I'm sure more than 5 monks viewed the consideration in 6 hours, and not a single one voted to keep.

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