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...French would certainly not ban the use of words derived from Latin, as such an action would entail the prohibition of the bulk of the current vocabulary. Of course, Latin is a noble language of antiquity, while American English is the vile bastard child of culturally illiterate, gum-chewing slobs...
...other Americans remain locked up for doing the exact same thing? Marijuana prohibition establishes a minimum baseline level of cultural dishonesty that we can never rise above: the President "didn't inhale," heh heh. It's O.K. to drink till you puke, but you mustn't ever smoke the vile weed, heh heh. One of the hardest things a parent can ever tell a bright and questioning teen- ager -- after all the relevant sermonizing, of course -- is, Well, just don't get caught...
What's going on? How can so many blacks take seriously a messenger who spins bogus research into a vile theology of hatred for their fellow Americans, from Asians to Jews to whites of all variety? Plainly, black America sees a very different man from the one white America sees. This dichotomy says much about our country. And it makes trying to understand Farrakhan an urgent, if daunting, task...
...issues raised by the story's critics are important. Still, this much must be said: Muhammad's speech was wholly disreputable and vile, and I believe our story made that clear. Our focus, however, was not on black racism but on the perception of a subtle form of white racism -- the sense among some black leaders that, as the story put it, "some whites feel a need to make all black leaders speak out whenever one black says something stupid." That this feeling of grievance exists is not just TIME's opinion. It is a fact...
...AALARM takes itself much more seriously, Robert K.A. Wasinger '94, an outspoken member of AALARM, has been known to give quotes like his comment on Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield's ramarks about the shamelessness of homosexuality ("Coalition Reacts to Mansfield," Oct. 22, 1993): "Homosexuality is a vile and detestable lifestyle and I think that it is completely disgusting that two people could do that freely to each other...