On 22/07/2005, at 10:05 PM, Jenn Vesperman wrote:
He's obviously very ignorant.
I think it would be extremely difficult to be so prejudiced without being ignorant. It takes determination, though. My father, for example, refuses to read any book written by a woman. I find that astounding, and I pity him for it. Imagine writing off half the human race, based on what you _think_ you know at an early stage ...
I used to admire my father, who is ostensibly an intelligent man. His prejudices get in the way of that, as they do of so many things, poor man.
Physical disability is bad enough: voluntary mental disability is hard to understand.
from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
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