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18487, Tricky
Posted by guest, Mon Jan-22-01 07:48 AM

>Let's put that in racial terms.
>
>
>White Person: Can I accept that
>black people are human while
>appreciating their comedic talent and
>amazing ability to tap dance
>while eating watermelon?

Your analogy doesnt work cuz eating watermelon and tap dancing is an act while ass itself is part of the human body. One can refrain from eating watermelon but not having an ass is not so easy.

maybe your paralel would be between tap dancing and shaking one's ass- but on those grounds you can waste as much time arguing that either act is demeaning nonetheless you'll find dance in general embraced in wide variety throughout our culture.

the problem with your argument is that is seemingly necessitates that respectfulness and character appreciation are standards and not a matter of personal choice and intention.

Can I appreciate the entirety of a woman and still appreciate her shaking her ass- MOS DEF- the question is can you?

K