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["Ronald H. Evans" <ronald_evans@pipeline.com>]

Phe Meas writes
>Guys, leave him alone. $30,000/month for child support??? Come on! It
>doesn't cost that much to take care of three kids a month!!! Maybe if
>the mother get a job, $5000 a month from Greg would be plenty. Think
>about it guys, if Greg pay her $30,000/month she will not work (until
>the kids are 18). She will become a lazy you know what with too much
>free time.

JOzersky@aol.com responds
>what?  a lazy nigger?  You're an asshole.  Minor should have to pay her
>50,000, with what he makes.  Why shouldn't his kids live in the upper middle
>class?  They might actually make something of themselves and go to expensive
>good schools.  

This post indicates a very common problem with non-speaking communication.
Without the ability to add inflections to indicate the sarcastic nature of
the first sentence of his initial response, anyone who doesn't read too
deeply into the rest of the message
will misinterpret it as racist. According to my viewpoint Mr. Ozersky was
indicating that Mr.Meas was himself a racist. I believe he was attempting to
say that Mr.Meas view regarding the state of Minor's wife was itself
racist(although I hesitate to make my own opinions on the subject). 
        I think these posts and their response indicate a real and growing
problem in communication over computer terminals. Since everyone who posts
understands their own message they assume that everyone else will too. If
they use unclear diction(word choice) or use a word with negative
connotations(emotional responses that are connected with the word but not
its definition) they are often misunderstood and, when there is emotional
debate, castigated. 
        Because of this misinterpretation, I think Mr.Ozersky has been
unfairly termed a racist and attacked unfairly.

Responses welcomed 

Noah