[ic] DR.(MRS). MARIAM ABACHA.

[Eric Odier-Fink]

On Monday, July 21, 2003, at 03:58  PM, Kevin Walsh wrote:

> Karl Uhlig [trading2 at earthlink.net] wrote:
>>
>> The 3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference
>> "Write better emails. Make more moneys."
>>
>> I am Mr. Laurent Mpeti Kabila, a senior assistant leader of the
>> Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone.
>>
>> [snip: spoof conference on how to make money from email scams in 
>> Nigeria]
>>
> I like it - very funny. :-)
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I was not going to comment on this thread, but feel I have to.
The postings this thread mocks are annoying. No doubt. However, the 
mockery was offensive. One can research the world of scams and find 
that the US leads the way in ripping folks off in all sorts of 
ridiculous scams (not to mention things like the Savings and Loan 
scandals), yet Mr. Uhlig thought it amusing to make fun of those stupid 
cricket-eating Nigerians. A mockery is one thing- one that relies on 
racial and cultural epithets (and our complacency towards them) is 
disgusting.

- Eric Odier-Fink