Re: jingoism?

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <th81@umail.umd.edu>]

At 09:59 AM 3/3/97 -0700, kel wrote:
>Jingoism?  EEEK.  If my comments appeared to be racist in any way,
>please forgive me.

Not racist, no.  However, I have (as time goes by) gotten more and more
sensitive to an anti-Eastern (both East Asia and East Coast of the U.S.)
undertone in some of the dialog (here and elsewhere) concerning Sue: keep
her in (western) U.S. hands, private or not, if at all possible!

>Let me restate.  If a reputable museum of any kind winds up with Sue,
>it'll sure beat her winding up the Trump atrium cornerstone.  Clearer?

Indeed, & I whole-heartedly agree with that: keep her in museum hands, U.S.
or not, if at all possible.

>Thanks Thom, for correcting my miscommunication. 

And thank you.  Sorry for the miscommunication on my part.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist     Webpage: http://www.geol.umd.edu
Dept. of Geology              Email:th81@umail.umd.edu
University of Maryland        Phone:301-405-4084
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