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Jared - please!!! this is just silly.
Tom Mercadante
Oracle Certified Professional
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Milligan [mailto:Michael.Milligan_at_ingenix.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 11:04 AM
To: 'oracle-l_at_freelists.org'
Cc: treegarden_at_yahoo.com
Subject: RE: Am I the only one who finds this offensive?
"I am a person of an extremely liberal persuasion and anybody who knows me would find an idea of me spreading a Nazi propaganda completely and utterly ridiculous."
Being extremely liberal obviously does not correlate with restraining oneself from making light of a cruel and despicable atrocity. I suppose it does correlate with one's view on Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction. I'm fairly conservative, and found the wardrobe malfunction very inappropriate. More importantly, I found your reference to the holocaust nothing short of painful to read. However, you were man enough to apologize, several times, and that resolves it as far as I am concerned.
The more worrisome statements are from Mr. Wendelken, wherein he appears to "minimize" the holocaust as well as the light-hearted pun about it.
Michael Milligan
Salt Lake City, Utah
-----Original Message-----
From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:mgogala_at_adelphia.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 9:00 PM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Cc: treegarden_at_yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Am I the only one who finds this offensive?
OK, I apologized and I thought that should be the end of this, but now when you ask, I am of Jewish descent and I my grandfather lost a brother in WWII, which would, I imagine, be my relative had I ever known him. Being born in 1961, I was very fortunate indeed not to experience either WWII or the holocaust. When I used that phrase (a very stupid thing, indeed, I admit), I used it to signify strict and brutal discipline, not killing of any kind. I am a person of an extremely liberal persuasion and anybody who knows me would find an idea of me spreading a Nazi propaganda completely and utterly ridiculous. Once again, I apologize to anyone whom I might have offended and let me assure you that nobody could condemn Nazi atrocities more strongly then myself. I am coming from Europe and my sense of humor is formed accordingly. For instance, I found the "unrehearsed wardrobe malfunction" during the super-bowl game funny and not at all disconcerting or disturbing.
I saw few equally serious crimes against fashion today on the train and yet nobody was paying any attention. So, please, let's leave this topic behind us. I didn't want to offend anybody, I do have a sense of humor that obviously needs some more work and I hope that would be the end of this unfortunate debate. Paul, what exactly is the point of this prolonged debate? If you want me to admit that I blurted out a very stupid thing indeed, I'll gladly accommodate you.
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