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- From: llama@pooh.cc.utexas.edu (sine nomine)
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- Subject: Re: OMAR's bio : Jive version
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 20:05:24 GMT
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- Ken Pronovici (2b98pronovic@vms.csd.mu.edu) wrote:
- : In reply to a rewrite of Omar's bio, Ted Frank writes:
- :
- : >Not bad. The charming fellows at RHIT seem to have moved from open
- : >ridicule of someone different from them to good old-fashioned racial
- : >stereotypes. I guess we're learning the real reason everyone picks on
- : >Omar.
- :
- : Aw, lighten up.
-
- i think he's got a point. this reminds me of junior high or high
- school, when all the self-appointed "cool" people ganged up on people
- who were different. it's not as if omar were in on the fun, even. the
- "buffalo hair" episode really annoyed me; the guy has a severe hearing
- loss, misheard something, and it gets treated like it's really stupid
- and therefore funny.
-
- : (Excerpt from Omar's bio:)
- :
- : >>IQ: 145 (last time ah' checked (3 years ago))
- :
- : Besides, anyone who has to brag about his IQ......
-
- i'm not denying that his bio makes him sound like an arrogant,
- insecure nerd. but if you start flaming people on the net for that,
- rhpi alone would provide fodder for a massive waste of bandwidth.
-
- grow up.
-
- --
- sine nomine | debbie martinson
- what's red and invisible?
- no tomatoes.
-