> If you want a name, say "drug-addicted homeless person". Fair enough. > If I called you a zombie for just blindly going along with the crackhead term that t

> If you want a name, say "drug-addicted homeless person". Fair enough. > If I called you a zombie for just blindly going along with the crackhead term that the author used, you would be offended, right? Nope, I really wouldn't. But, that's probably because I'm a privileged Half-Blackfrican-Canadian with a 150 IQ. If you said I didn't act black enough, or said I was a bad programmer, then I'd be insulted. > Are the thank-god-for-the-lowest-caste-so-that-I-can-not-belong-to-it opiates treating you well? You're assuming far too much. I apologize for hitting what is obviously a hot-button issue for you. Re-read my comment as a criticism of US social policy.