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A leopard can't change its spots.

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A leopard can't change its spots.
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RE: A leopard can't change its spots.
September 16, 2011 at 2:16 pm (This post was last modified: September 16, 2011 at 2:24 pm by Napoléon.)
(September 16, 2011 at 2:13 pm)frankiej Wrote: It isn't evil... The people who are racist are usually either stupid or misguided.

Racism is born out of the fear of the unknown. It is a simple reaction to something which is not immediately familiar.
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RE: A leopard can't change its spots.
September 16, 2011 at 2:17 pm
An evil person can be racist, yes.

Skeletor may be a racist...

But usually, in most circumstances you wouldn't call it evil... Killing for fun is evil...
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RE: A leopard can't change its spots.
September 16, 2011 at 2:23 pm
(September 16, 2011 at 2:16 pm)Napoleon Wrote:
(September 16, 2011 at 2:13 pm)frankiej Wrote: It isn't evil... The people who are racist are usually either stupid or misguided.

Racism is born out of the fear of the unknown. It is actually simply a reaction to something which is not immediately familiar.

i don't know what definition of racism you are using to come up with your conclusion. My Chambers dictionary defines it as:-
" hatred, rivalry or bad feeling between races; belief in the inherent superiority of some races over others, usually with the implication of a right to be dominant; discriminatory treatment based on such belief. "
HuhA man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
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RE: A leopard can't change its spots.
September 16, 2011 at 2:27 pm
Usually caused by something other than the person being evil... We don't live in a comic book universe where because someone does something wrong they are evil...

There is usually a reason... Being ignorant... Being afraid of difference... Being misguided by others (I assume this is why many religious people are racist... not because they are evil).
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RE: A leopard can't change its spots.
September 16, 2011 at 2:27 pm
(September 16, 2011 at 2:23 pm)bozo Wrote: i don't know what definition of racism you are using to come up with your conclusion. My Chambers dictionary defines it as:-
" hatred, rivalry or bad feeling between races; belief in the inherent superiority of some races over others, usually with the implication of a right to be dominant; discriminatory treatment based on such belief. "

Chambers dictionaries suck.
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RE: A leopard can't change its spots.
September 16, 2011 at 2:28 pm
But, I am in no way saying it is right... And people should no better... But, some people just don't.

I will, however, defend someone's right to free speech.
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RE: A leopard can't change its spots.
September 16, 2011 at 2:30 pm (This post was last modified: September 16, 2011 at 2:30 pm by Napoléon.)
Besides, according to your own post your conclusion that racism is evil must also be wrong. I see no mention of evil in your dictionary.
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RE: A leopard can't change its spots.
September 16, 2011 at 2:33 pm
(September 16, 2011 at 2:27 pm)Napoleon Wrote:
(September 16, 2011 at 2:23 pm)bozo Wrote: i don't know what definition of racism you are using to come up with your conclusion. My Chambers dictionary defines it as:-
" hatred, rivalry or bad feeling between races; belief in the inherent superiority of some races over others, usually with the implication of a right to be dominant; discriminatory treatment based on such belief. "

Chambers dictionaries suck.

The kind of intelligent reply I've come to expect from you.
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RE: A leopard can't change its spots.
September 16, 2011 at 2:37 pm
It's more intelligent than you deserve Wink
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RE: A leopard can't change its spots.
September 16, 2011 at 2:39 pm
(September 16, 2011 at 2:30 pm)Napoleon Wrote: Besides, according to your own post your conclusion that racism is evil must also be wrong. I see no mention of evil in your dictionary.

What? I call racism, as defined in Chambers, evil. Is that too hard for you to comprehend?
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