04-30-2008, 08:33 PM
BGnR's point just dissolved before our very eyes. Probably a good thing. Hanging a 'racist' charge on a thread that thin, it was precarious anyway.
What he probably--understandably--didn't know is that "lesser' and "least" are understood and accepted as valid and racially neutral expressions to describe disadvantaged (the least advantaged) members of society, with roots in the New Testament:
Matthew 25:40
"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
Either that, or Jesus was a politically incorrect racist.
What he probably--understandably--didn't know is that "lesser' and "least" are understood and accepted as valid and racially neutral expressions to describe disadvantaged (the least advantaged) members of society, with roots in the New Testament:
Matthew 25:40
"And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
Either that, or Jesus was a politically incorrect racist.