[geeks] Re: It's official, the U.S. is screwed for 4 more years

[Francisco Javier Mesa-Martinez]

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 12:58:43 -0600
  Brian Dunbar <brian.dunbar at plexus.com> wrote:
> On Nov 4, 2004, at 11:54 AM, Francisco Javier 
>Mesa-Martinez wrote:
> 
>> On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 14:19:59 +0200
>>  Michael-John Turner <mj at turner.org.za> wrote:
>>
>>> Hmm... Can't comment on any of the other countries, but 
>>>I don't
>>> consider South Africa to be "in the toilet" or 
>>>regressing to
>>> trbalism. Of course it has issues (crime, etc), but so 
>>>does
>>> every country (and I'm pretty happy to be living here).
>>> Just my 2c...
>>
>> Maybe the fact that the Apartheid is no more is what 
>>bothers the 
>> original poster?
> 
> Calling the original poster a racist is not a very 
>friendly act.  You might want to choose your verbage with 
>more care.
>
  
I must apologize if my original question offended the
sensibilities of anyone. In order to address those
concerns I will rephrase it:

Is the fact that the Apartheid system is not longer in
effect a contributing factor to the original poster's
assumption that South Africa is "in the toilet"?