What Fun!

The vast majority of the many emails I receive are supportive but there is always the exception. I received the following email from a Mariposa Rinald, evidently a Leftist lady.

"I don't understand why you are so interested in the goings on here in America if you are from Australia. What does it matter to you what we do in OUR country if you do not live HERE? You have SO much to say, but do not have any stake in our society. Please, don't pipe in on our battles if you don't have to reap the consequences of your verbiage.

I will be kind to her. I have corrected a spelling mistake and I will not mention her email address.

I replied to her reproaching her for her xenophobia and suggesting she should learn tolerance. I imagine that she would not have enjoyed having that element of her email pointed out. She has not replied.

Her concerns may perhaps be judged from a letter she wrote to the Highlands Today newspaper of Florida and published on April 27th. Excerpt: Both of my children's fathers are Mexicans, one of whom legally immigrated to the U.S. after we were married and is now a citizen living in Massachusetts

So, yes, I think my reply would have touched a nerve. The poor old Leftists -- consistency and principles are just not their scene. And I do wonder what she thought she would achieve by her email.




Man sues for right to have graffiti on house

New York craziness spreads to Miami:

"A Miami Beach man in the United States who wants to have graffiti painted on his house has sued the city, arguing its anti-graffiti laws violate his constitutional right to free speech. The suit was filed by Seth Gerszberg, a business partner of fashion designer Marc Ecko, who supports graffiti art and backs young artists....

On April 25, seven artists backed by Mr Ecko sued New York, charging the city's anti-graffiti laws went too far by barring people under 21 from possessing spray paint or broad-tipped markers. A federal judge on Monday issued a temporary order telling the city to stop enforcing the ban."

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Catholics Protesting Now too



Catholics demand equal treatment with Muslims:

"German Catholic leaders launched legal steps on Tuesday to prevent youth music channel MTV from broadcasting a controversial cartoon series which depicts the Pope as a pogo-stick-riding maniac. Outraged bishops from Pope Benedict XVI's home state of Bavaria filed a legal injunction against the broadcaster, which plans to show the first episode of the satirical series Popetown on Wednesday evening....

The British broadcaster BBC dropped Popetown in 2004 after executives decided it was not funny enough to justify the potential offence it could cause to Christians."

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Whites must not Act Black in Florida



I reported a few weeks ago that You Mustn't Call Whites Black. Now we find that whites must not act black either. We read:

"A small picture in the 2006 Apopka High School yearbook is raising eyebrows. It shows a Caucasian student in dark body paint and an Afro wig... Several months ago, James Powell dressed up as an Aborigine on Island Day, which was part of Apopka High School's Spirit Week".

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It was all meant in fun but greater "sensitivity" has been promised in the future. I guess the guy did not know about the old blackface makeup controversy.