On Thu, 22 Jun 1995, Clark Langstraat wrote:

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> On Thu, 22 Jun 1995, Virreira, Victor wrote:
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> > 
> > 
> > >I would like to be counted as someone else who suspects that
> > >there is a racial element to the story. The description of
> > >feeling righteous while vandalizing someone's car made me
> > >very uncomfortable.
> > 
> >      Well put -  Although I suspect the narrator meant no "harm"...
> > 
> > >The subtext of the story seemed to me to be one of "getting
> > >even with a black person with a bad attitude". That, to me,
> > >is a racial issue.
> > 
> > >/ Lars Poulsen
> > 
> >      -Victor Virreira
> > 
> While I won't defend the vandalization either, I wonder if you all would 
> feel more comfortable if the black man in a caddy was replaced with a 
> yuppie in a beemer or a bubba in a big ol 4x4? Would anyone rise to the 
> defense of these much-maligned groups? 
> But we're getting away from the point of this list, and the story, the 
> narrator was reacting to someone dissing his VW because of what it was 
> and I think we can all identify w/that.
> nuff' said?
> 
> Clark L

I'm actually VERY curious as to whether this story is literally true or 
what Ric 'wishes' he had done.