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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Yes the first half of that quote—which shows that Bob Sessions is not mortified over the error, but rather mortified that anyone should have taken offense—perhaps should have been quoted as well. I fail to see how that adds to your defense of him.
It could have very well been a non-issue, had a simple statement been made that the typo was inadvertent, and was being corrected. Instead, Sessions showed remarkable insensitivity for someone in his position by choosing to belittle the feelings of those who were offended. It's good that those other things were done by way of response, but it was a mistake to attack those who were offended. A human mistake; a retaliation against a perceived attack on his company, perhaps; but a mistake nonetheless. That doesn't makes him evil, but does reveal that there is an area of his life that needs work. We all have them, and he should admit his error and cut his losses.
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bingo
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Originally Posted by PhishStyx
Yeah, don'tcha hate when people don't take your spin at face-value.
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wasn't my spin.
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Originally Posted by gwynevans
Now that's an 'interesting' view of things...
I do wonder how much of a mis-match there is between the 'US viewpoint' of the statement and the 'AUS viewpoint', as I certainly don't think they're all that similar despite the superficially common language.
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from what I understand, race relations in Australia are in a shambles, leaving us looking a lot better quite hinestly