(shrug) - My own Teutonic/Swiss ancestry was oppressed by the Romans back in 200BC, and by the Vandals, Goths in 200AD. The Huns then had a go at 'em in 400 AD. Obviously, one would be hard-pressed to point out exactly where the Italian, French, Bulgarian, and Hungarian governments are profiting right now from that oppression, yes? So - I have a question here, a serious question: How much time will it take before I can see the end of having undeserved guilt forced upon me because of some random genetic accident of being born a certain color or ethnicity? I mean no offense, but I for one refuse to feel guilt for acts and deeds not committed by myself (or my ancestry for that matter...) Pity for the oppressed of all peoples throughout history, yes. Empathy for the same peoples, yes. Guilt? No. 'tis not my fault, 'tis not my burden to bear. I prefer to deal with everyone on an equal basis, as Dr. Martin Luther King himself had preferred. So I ask again of everyone here - how long? Until the last of those who lived during the Selma marches die off? Until the last of those who were the sons and daughters of the Watts rioters die off? Tell me when - set a date. I will then look forward to that date, and look forward to the day when the term "specific race" as applies to humanity is as antiquated as the memory of General Ludd. It will be looked forward to as a day when race hustlers and scam artists of any color become the deserved objects of public mockery, not the "leaders" they are exalted as today. Lookit guys... perhaps instead of waiting for that day to come, we can instead work to make that day come earlier. It would help by not jeering those brave few who do advocate individual effort, love of fellow man no matter what, rejection of "victimhood", and equality over all as "Uncle Toms", "Self-Hating", and if they're not black, "Bigots" (depending on color, natch.) ...and that's how I feel about the whole silly thing as it has spiralled waaaay out of proportion. /P