The more interesting question here is whether or not Richard's joke would have caused a stir if he had typed "lawyer" rather than "Democrat." If he had used an ethnic slur, I would agree with everyone stomping on him with both feet, but he didn't. Classifying a remark as hate speech by substituting an ethnic group for the noun of the sentence shouldn't be the litmus test for hate speech. Example: "I live in New Hampshire and I just realized this year that I hate SNOW." Now substitute any ethnic group for SNOW. It is not the same sentence. Neither is a little political humor. In this case, all we know is the candidate for whom Richard is most likely to vote in November. Eric Kalgren Electrical Engineer Cobham Defense Electronic Systems Continental Microwave Division 11 Continental Drive Exeter, NH 03833 USA Tel: 603-775-5200 Fax: 603-775-5201 E-mail:[log in to unmask] Website: http://www.cobhamdes.com -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Dixon Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 11:38 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] disposal of alcohol/DI water solution What I find most humorous is the fact that the <quote> offensive <unquote> remark has been reposted over and over on this forum by the very people who take issue with it. I might have missed it the first time around, but thanks to these posts, I get to read it again and again! But hey, I wasn't offended the first time, and it IS Friday after all. Respectfully, Dave --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------