samet@sfmag.UUCP (A.I.Samet) (03/28/85)
> Sometimes people on the net get the wrong impression. Worse, > sometimes they broadcast this misapprehension worldwide. 1) Considering that the original article was broadcast worldwide, it's one-sided to focus solely on the worldwideness of the response. It's fine to defend your friend, but that can be done without trying to shift the "bad guy" label to someone else. 2) Someone getting the "wrong" impression was inevitable, not happenstance. Not everyone in the world saw Star Wars or reads and remembers Bloom Country cartoons, so many if not most readers would be unable to decode Monica's double entendres and recognize sarcasm was intended. At face value, the words are negative towards Jews. 3) Ignoring the strong potential that even one person might be offended was insensitive and thus wrong even if no maliciousness was intended. That type of carelessness is understandably upsetting to people who feel that anti-semitism is no joking matter.