G'day geni,
On 6/5/06, Selina . wikipediareview@gmail.com wrote:
Racism is illegal
No it isn't.
That's a bit of a broad assumption. Perhaps what you meant to say was "racism is not illegal in my jurisdiction". There's a world outside America: it's a world I've heard described by Americans as terrifying and dystopian (presumably, these particular Americans were funnier in the head than the average), but it's still there.
In some countries, Australia for example, expressing racist sentiments *is* illegal. In others, like Germany, certain forms of racism are firmly stamped on.
In any case, the general thrust of Selina's comment was spot-on, so let's try not to jump on her for one clause.