this venue is for bird reporting only -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Garrett <barbaragarrett@optonline.net> To: Shaun Martin <birdj510@gmail.com>; Michael Richardson <msr042377@gmail.com> Cc: ctbirds <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> Sent: Fri, Oct 18, 2013 9:09 am Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Fwd: Mallards A "joke" carries with it the same racist innuendo. There is ABSOLUTELY NO means by which this can be construed as acceptable or permissible in any public, and for that matter private, forum. At 9am in the morning, I'm already disgusted, disappointed and ashamed as a citizen. See today's Washington Post article on slavery: The United States, per capita, has a very low rate of slavery: just 0.02 percent, or one in every 5,000 people. But that adds up to a lot: an estimated 60,000 slaves, right here in America." http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/10/17/this-map-shows-where-the-worlds-30-million-slaves-live-there-are-60000-in-the-u-s/ Barbara north Stamford ----- Original Message ----- From: Shaun Martin To: Michael Richardson Cc: ctbirds Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [CT Birds] Fwd: Mallards If this was an attempt at a joke, not funny in any manner. Hopefully it was not meant how it came across... On Oct 18, 2013 8:46 AM, "Michael Richardson" <msr042377@gmail.com> wrote: > I think that's the most inappropriate comment I've ever heard on this > mailing list. Deserving to be banned for life. > > -Michael > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Paul Cianfaglione <pgcianfaglione@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:42 AM > Subject: [CT Birds] Mallards > To: CT Lists <ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> > > > You learn something new everyday.... I use to think only "Black" ducks > committed rape! > > Paul C > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit > http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org > _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org _______________________________________________ This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org