X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,b8b1a663c4829ea5 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-24 03:28:54 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!cyclone.bc.net!grisham.sasknet.sk.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!tribune.usask.ca!chem4823.usask.ca!taliszanna From: Taliszanna Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: Mr.Genius Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 05:28:59 -0600 Organization: University of Saskatchewan Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <9vv7pt$i1q7i$1@ID-79724.news.dfncis.de> <2k992us122g7dnn8n78l46ni5ur7fumnga@4ax.com> <3c252255$0$46364$edfadb0f@dspool01.news.tele.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: chem4823.usask.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: tribune.usask.ca 1009193331 13066 128.233.48.23 (24 Dec 2001 11:28:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@tribune.usask.ca NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Dec 2001 11:28:51 GMT In-Reply-To: Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:12722 On Mon, 24 Dec 2001, Mel wrote: > what you say doesn't matter... there are plenty of Europeans and Americans > who regard Africa as a junk pile and write us off... It's true that there are many who write your continent off due to miseducation or none at all about the fact that it is not all pot-bellied children running around and a lack of clean water. The media is much to blame for it, although I will not say completely. > In Britain South Africans are not even allowed to donate blood because they > think we are an AIDS ridden cesspool... which of course is again racist... No, just uneducated. TAL