it's finally getting good

First this email showed up. It's pretty ridiculous. But hang in there for one of the responses to the email...

TALK RESPECT! A report and opinion by -H.A.C.U.P.Historic Area Canine Urban Patrol Buster- Chairdog

If you are tired of neighbors putting trash out early, call the 7th pct. and ask for the environmental officer. They will ticket offenders. All the humans have been told not to put anything at the curb until the night before the 4th Monday of the month. THERE IS NO EXCUSE - POLICE WILL BE CALLED. Black refuse cans are not LEGALLY supposed to be seen from the street. We have scores of people that leave them 24/7 in their front yard! - GHETTO! $300,000+ houses with a garbage can at the front door! This year we have a much better snow service. Thank you Tony & Sons! Those of us that walk in the neighborhood love it. The sidewalks are great. Except, on the east / west main streets when the city comes by to plow the streets after our service does the sidewalks and they get covered again. Sorry, but people on those corners are legally supposed to keep those sidewalks clear.
SOMETHING NEW - Phillip ***** on Iroquois is a solo morning walker. After being mugged in the neighborhood a year or so ago he has gone elsewhere to walk. He would like to get other people that walk on a regular basis to join together to help patrol the neighborhood and stay safer, as we do with HACUP. The proposal is to have walkers, with or without dogs, carry cell phones (911 for city = 313-224-1212), (Dusing patrol 586-***-****), a whistle or other noise maker, and wear a reflective vest to identify and protect them. If interested in the vest idea - call me so I can see if there is enough interest to purchase vests. If your human takes you for a walk in the neighborhood and you would like to join HACUP, give my human a call for membership information.

And now for one of the responses...

As one who was personally threatened by Mr. P******* with police intervention for having the temerity to have my house number painted on the street curb (which I consider to be a public safety necessity), I applaud the comments of *****, whoever you are. I also take offense at the rascist and elitist slur, in his post. Many people who cannot afford to live in $300K homes and who live in "the ghetto" strive to keep their homes as attractive and as neat as possible. If Mr. P******* has all of this spare time on his hands that he can patrol the neighborhood, and inspect the location of our garbage cans, perhaps he might think about volunteering some of this time at the Capuchin soup kitchen, and give up his role as the nosy narker Village busy-body for the New Year. That would be a welcome relief to his neighbors. RLS.

I applaud this guy for speaking up. Let's see what people have to say about his response...

OK now, slow down.

I agree that the dog perspective email was ridiculous. The fact that anyone would waste the valuable time of our officers with this nonsense is outrageous... but racist? Elitist, maybe, but when was race introduced to this exchange? No single race has cornered the market on the term ghetto.

rac·ism (rszm)n.
The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

Apparently this guy hasn't been reading most of the emails on their little list.

I'm at work and don't have time to make any smart ass comments. I'll try to think of some and post them later. I'm sure I won't have any problems coming up with them...