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01-15-2007, 08:54 AM

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:53:08 GMT, Bill Baka <bbaka@comcast.net> wrote:

>Gooserider wrote:
>> "Tom Keats" <tkeats2005@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news

lreoe.57e.ln@bud.garden.local...
>>> In article <45aae71f.31804750@news.supernews.com>,
>>> mister1900mister@hotmail.com (Random Waftings Of Bunker Blasts) writes:
>>>
>>>> I wonder what the assailants' Free Republic handles were.
>>> Sounds to me like a case of punk-ettes looking for
>>> peurile, bullying kicks, beligerently blocking a bike
>>> lane, and waiting for the next victimizable cyclist(s)
>>> to come along, to pick-on.
>>>
>>> It's old hat stuff. Except cases of inter-female
>>> bullying are now being more publicized.
>>>
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Tom
>>>
>>
>> Well, except for the racial aspect. If three white teenagers beat two black
>> cyclists while spouting racial slurs, this would be the lead story on every
>> networks' newscast, and the assailants' photos would be splashed on every
>> newspaper and magazine in the country. But the victims were white so this
>> story will remain a local one, and a minor local one at that.
>>
>>
>You've noticed that aspect? I am now a minority in California, being
>white, yet discriminated against because of it. Affirmative action just
>means that my job will be given to a less qualified person 'of some
>color'. It has gotten out of hand.
>Bill Baka

Billy, you're not discriminated against because of your skin color...
it's because you're a flaming big-mouthed idiot.

01-15-2007, 08:54 AM	#10 (permalink)
R Brickston Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Two cyclists attacked and beaten in Portland On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:53:08 GMT, Bill Baka <bbaka@comcast.net> wrote: >Gooserider wrote: >> "Tom Keats" <tkeats2005@hotmail.com> wrote in message >> newslreoe.57e.ln@bud.garden.local... >>> In article <45aae71f.31804750@news.supernews.com>, >>> mister1900mister@hotmail.com (Random Waftings Of Bunker Blasts) writes: >>> >>>> I wonder what the assailants' Free Republic handles were. >>> Sounds to me like a case of punk-ettes looking for >>> peurile, bullying kicks, beligerently blocking a bike >>> lane, and waiting for the next victimizable cyclist(s) >>> to come along, to pick-on. >>> >>> It's old hat stuff. Except cases of inter-female >>> bullying are now being more publicized. >>> >>> >>> cheers, >>> Tom >>> >> >> Well, except for the racial aspect. If three white teenagers beat two black >> cyclists while spouting racial slurs, this would be the lead story on every >> networks' newscast, and the assailants' photos would be splashed on every >> newspaper and magazine in the country. But the victims were white so this >> story will remain a local one, and a minor local one at that. >> >> >You've noticed that aspect? I am now a minority in California, being >white, yet discriminated against because of it. Affirmative action just >means that my job will be given to a less qualified person 'of some >color'. It has gotten out of hand. >Bill Baka Billy, you're not discriminated against because of your skin color... it's because you're a flaming big-mouthed idiot.