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Originally Posted by Smitty
Once again everyone is entitled to their opinion however you two are basically saying all men from the mid east are the same in so many words. How much do you really know about their culture? You can't generalize a person based on what their culture does, not everyone follows suit. So for you to say she should be uncomfortable around them is a out of line because you or Julie don't know the owners/partners in Al-Anabi racing.
I try to give everyone a fair shake and not judge then by their "culture". So let me get your's and Julie's thought process correct using myself as an example; I have a friend who has several Confederate Flag's on his vehicle and tow vehicle, should I as an African American be uncomfortable around him because of this? this is basically what you said that because of the way people in the mid east treat their women she shouldn't be comfortable. If I missed something let me know.
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Smitty, I understood (just like Bunkster), exactly what Julie meant by what she said, but to answer your questions about your friend with the confederate flags, it depends on why he has them all over his vehicle:
1. Is it because he has southern pride, and wishes to uphold the down home friendly values so noted with southerners, plus even the joy of watching the General Lee Dodge Charger of The Dukes of Hazard, leaping around Sheriff Boss Hog?
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2. Does he hold to any degree the mindset prevalent amongst those who wish segregration, and any kind of dominance of whites over blacks (and in some places still does) exist. Beyond the notion that a persons ethnicity determines whether they're an equal or not? I thought it was interesting that a racer who displayed those flags around his trailer (and even placed a large one high in the back of the grandstands at last Nov.'s LODRS DIV 7 race at Las Vegas), had to remove them due to the possible ironics between that and the presence of several racers at the event who happened to be black (I being one of them).
As long as this Al-Anabi relationship becomes good for American relations with our Arabic allies, then I'm for it (just as I'm sure Julie is). My only problem is accepting his placing a Toyota body, on his funny car...I was always told that the best way to deal with a problem is to confront the problem and find ways to fix it, not run away from it---especially if it's fixable, and our economic problems are fixable, but it starts with taking care of our own first, then going global once we're ok...not bringing ourselves down to make others good...look where that's gotten us???