Re: Oracle DBA Job Opening in Boston

From: Brian Peasland <dba_at_nospam.peasland.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 04:22:04 GMT
Message-ID: <J4HIsv.2Lx@igsrsparc2.er.usgs.gov>

joel garry wrote:
> Niall Litchfield wrote:

>> kinn wrote:
>>> I just flip when I see that visa transfer crap
>>>
>>> "DA Morgan"
>>>> Was this language necessary? We don't need another omlet/xg.
>>>> That position has already been filled.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>
>> for good old fashioned racist reasons? Or because you are economically
>> illiterate?
>>

>
> Since there has been a great deal of abuse of certain visa programs,
> having a simple negative reaction to them does not necessarily imply
> either racism or economic illiteracy. It might be such, and sometimes
> is. It certainly seems to elicit claims of racism from the mere
> posting of the facts, very ironic if it the post was not intended to be
> racist. I for one hate the abuse of the program, not the poor abused
> people who have to live in fear of not being able to find another
> sponsor. Unless they happen to start spamming me, because that is the
> only sponsor they can find. I'm colorblind about hating spammers,
> anyways. Does it make me racist if the majority of the spammers have
> Indian-subcontinent style names?
>
> jg

Well said. Just because one hates sushi does not mean that one hates Japanese individuals or Asians in general. Implying so is racist in its own right.

Cheers,
Brian

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