> I remember reading about this in the paper - apparently there are only about 10* non-white firefighters in the whole of New York, and the Irish and Italians are upset about the fact that they don't have a more proportional representation.
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> I don't really see that it makes much difference either way myself, but I suppose the moral of the story is "You're always going to upset *someone*".
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> winter"I don't know about art, but... no, that's it, actually"mute
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> *I can't be bothered to look up the real number, so I'm exaggerating for comic effect.

If they were going to include specific racial groups, I think it would be more appropriate to include an Afghani, if only to say: WE know it wasn't the Arab World's fault, just a certain loony called Osama bin Laden.

sam"but I'm probably opening up a whole new can of worms, here"hael