RT: I realize that you are in the position of moderator here and as such, you don't have near the latitude that the rest of us do. I went over and over the BPA thread, and honestly could only find one comment that was overtly racist. It made reference to smoking a piece pipe, getting high, and the attacking the indians. Even though the remark was racist I honestly believe that the individual who posted it was simply making an attempt at humor. I would like to think that I have a fairly good understanding of what is and isn't racist. Some of the things we said were a bitt harsh, bordering on insensitive, but not racist. There were some stereotypes used and as I stated before, those stereotypes were not fair to all native americans, however, what classifies a statement as being a stereotype is that whereas it may not apply to the entire group it addresses, it is gennerally true about the group as a whole.In this case I am talking about the statements and innuendos that were made regarding the indians as drunks. Those satatements weren't very nice and probably shouldn't have been said, but since we are talking stereotypes........ IT is a fact that the Native American is more predisposed to alchoholism than any other race of people on the planet. Yes, even more so than the Irish. So you see, the natural thing to say about native americans is to make jokes about them drinking too much. No it's not very considerate, and it's also not racist. I generally hate to see the "R" word come up anywhere. It is my opinion that it gets screamed way too much, by indians, by jews , blacks, latinos, by anyoone who is other than white. It's a cure all word for whatever ails the person who is saying it. I didn't get that job because the bussiness owner was racist. I'm in prison because some racists cops caught me dealing crack to a bunch of kids. How dare those racists *******s on the bulliten board mock our Rain Dances. Don't you see? Anytime a white and a non white have a difference of oppinion, the race card will inevitably be pulled. I know, it's not a real warm fuzzy post, but it's true.