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John O'Brien's snide view of Samoa as some sort of socio-political backwater is simply ignorant, bordering on racist. John writes: "And the status of 'two spirit' people in Samoa, before the Christian invaders, probably does not help with Phil's views either." Faafafine are an integral part of Samoan society today. When they participate in sport they participate in male divisions; they don't try to steal medals off women (adult human females). But John's support for the super-entitled rich white biological male from the ruling class family in the imperialist country as opposed to the poor, brown women from the oppressed country is duly noted. Phil _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com