Nasci You have failed to understand the correspondence between Victor and me. Just read it again so that it makes more sense to you. I have never said I was wheatish in colour as you presumed I said. Nor did Victor pull me up for trying to go wheatish as you also presumed. Our discussion was about my surprise when Victor told us that his brown son was recorded as white because the Americans in New York did not have a choice other than black or white at the time. It was as simple as that. Further, it was Victor who then introduced the word wheatish in the discussion and not me. I had absolutely no problem with Victor's self depracating sense of humour but much concern about your inability to read and comprehend what was written in a couple of posts.
I suggest that you need to learn to read properly before you make absurd personal comments (including a reference to Idi Amin etc) about others. As to the use of smileys, I leave that to the kids for whom it may be better suited! An exclamation mark in standard English suits me fine! I am afraid I am not at all satisfied with your reply to my concern about your failed reportage of accuracy in the posts between Victor and me. Cornel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Victor Rangel-Ribeiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <goanet@goanet.org> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 3:09 AM Subject: Re: [Goanet] A woman without a culture of her own > Nasci Caldeira wrote: > >> Hello Cornel, >> You have taken offence at my dislike of what you >> said >> that you are 'wheatish' in colour,and my subsequent >> response in a joking manner! Do you not see my >> 'smiley'?? You are so outraged like the Mullahs at >> bare statement of fact. As you can read below, it is >> Victor Rangel who pulled you up for trying to go as >> wheatish, and I only seconded the same in a humorous >> manner. >> >> Do not worry Cornel, I am also dark skinned,http://au.messenger.yahoo.com > > > Victor replies, > > Dear Nasci, > I was not trying to pull up Cornel for anything. Colour matters nothing > to > me. Were I to meet Cornel, or see his likeness in a photographs, I would > not > notice the colour of his skin, nor would I notice yours, were you also in > the pic, nor would I weigh whether one of you was fairer than the other. > > We need to see each other as human beings, devoid of skin colour or caste. > Very best regards to you and to Cornel, > Victor Rangel-Ribeiro > > _______________________________________________ > Goanet mailing list > Goanet@lists.goanet.org > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org