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Fish, I do not disagree with your comments. They are interesting, but have little to do with the point I made to Carmi: He seriously misread my comments, clearly because of the way he filtered and distorted them as they made their way through his "mental model" of Americans. It would be my wish that he might reconsider his stereotype of Americans, especially since it is so necessary in order to make sense of a seriously insane world.

It was not my intention to raise the issue of how useful or even essential stereotypes are. However, since it has now been raised, please let me compliment you on an excellent discussion of that issue.

Fred

16-Sep-2003	#37
FredL Banned 08JUN2005 Join Date: Dec-2001 Location: Benton County Country: USA USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 1,099	Fish, I do not disagree with your comments. They are interesting, but have little to do with the point I made to Carmi: He seriously misread my comments, clearly because of the way he filtered and distorted them as they made their way through his "mental model" of Americans. It would be my wish that he might reconsider his stereotype of Americans, especially since it is so necessary in order to make sense of a seriously insane world. It was not my intention to raise the issue of how useful or even essential stereotypes are. However, since it has now been raised, please let me compliment you on an excellent discussion of that issue. Fred