Re: OT Urgent Alert


"Joe" <avoidingspam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: Spike <jma@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
: news:jqt7g1p2cho72tdhhf1subrnl8ipaup67p@xxxxxxx:
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: > In these times of Political Correctness... so many are so afraid of
: > offending that they lose their humor. The same humor which really
: > has helped many people survive some of the most trying times of
: > their lives.
:
: I'm an equal opportunity offender and I'm still trucking along here...
:
: > If we can not laugh at ourselves, then who can we laugh at?
:
: WF for not changing his oil? Couldn't resist... ;) (there's the
: smiley, Kate!)
:

good dog ;¬Þ


: > And in
: > my case, I am Irish, Scottish, English, German, Dutch, Italian,
: > Oneida, Cherokee, Anglican, Protestant, LDS, Methodist, Catholic,
: > and Lord knows what else. Among my mixed bag of friends, blacks tell
: > the best black jokes, Catholics tell the best Catholic jokes, Poles
: > tell the best Pollack jokes, etc.
: >
: > To follow your lead, since animal jokes bother members of PETA (and
: > I don't mean People for the Eating of Tasty Animals) elephant jokes
: > are not allowed.
:
: Read in today's paper about some guy who wants to bring lions, tigers,
: and elephants to the midwestern plains. No joke. So maybe after a
: while McDonalds will start sell McElephant burgers.
:
: > Many years ago a night club entertainer got a TV show where he
: > portrayed a bumbling Mexican hotel bellhop. His name was Bill Dana
: > and his character was Jose Jimenez. He was a Mexican. Many Mexicans
: > loved his show. But a lot of do gooders raised hell because he was
: > making fun of Mexicans. He quit the show and television in protest.
:
: That guy was funnier than ***! "Me name Jose Jimenez..." LOL!
:
: > Redd Foxx had similar problems with Sanford and Son. It was not the
: > black general audience who raised a stink. It was the more radical
: > elements, and a larger group of white people.
:
: Another fabulous guy. Just too funny!
:
: > Bill Cosby, who had
: > one of the best family shows faced similar problems. Not from blacks
: > so much as from whites who were trying so hard to prove they were
: > not prejudice.
:
: Cosby was one of the funniest guys on tv. All In The Family was
: another great one. Too bad the PC crowd won those battles...
:
: The granddad of 'em all was Amos & Andy. Can you imagine if that
: stuff were on today? LOL!
:
: > It's much the same as when, in the interests of eradicating
: > discrimination for minorities, whites are discriminated against.
: > Whites, few of whom ever thought of owning a slave. Many of those
: > whose ancestors did not immigrate to the US until long after slavery
: > had been abolished. How can we say discrimination is wrong if we
: > discriminate to prove it?
: >
: > How can we say ethnic humor is wrong when the best ethnic humor
: > originates within those very groups?
:
: Most of us laugh at ethnic jokes in private, but don't dare do so in
: public, especially in mixed ethnic company. The point is simply that
: ethnic jokes are indeed funny, regardless of what the PC crowd says.
:
: > So. Tell me... when will humor be officially outlawed? When will the
: > Thought Police show up at my door?
:
: They've already invaded our homes through the media. Screw 'em all.
:
:
: > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:50:37 GMT, "Jim Warman"
: > <mechanic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: >
: >>To each his own.... What I find abhorrant are those that preach
: >>equality yet fail to live it. OTOH, I reserve the right to use
: >>ethnicity in amusing ways if I so choose... all the while treating
: >>all people fair and equal.
: >>
: >>Many years ago, when we were wild and adventurous, a dear old friend
: >>would phone from Red Earth Creek to tell me he was coming to Slave
: >>Lake.... "You can drink until you go Indian and I'll drink until I
: >>go white", he would tell me....
: >>
: >>FWIW, I find those having problems with these sorts of amusements
: >>have concerns with their equality.... they either wind up being
: >>condescending in it's application, so overly concerned with
: >>appearances that relationships are stilted or have a downright
: >>slanted vision of their own version of equality that they can't see
: >>how it affects interaction.
: >>
: >>If my Lebanese friends and I can't joke back and forth, we can't be
: >>very good friends.... If my Japanese friends and I can't joke back
: >>and forth..... the same holds true for my many aboriginal friends as
: >>well as friends with many other backgrounds... ethnic, racial,
: >>religious....
: >>
: >>Do I bend over backwards to recognize their minority? No.... I
: >>embrace them as Canadians.... un-hyphenated Canadians.
: >>
: >>
: >
: > Spike
: > 1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok
: > Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40
: > 16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial
: > 225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video.
: >
: > Gad what fools these morons be....
: > Children are obscene but should not be heard
: > Give me a peperoni pizza... or give me a calzone!
:


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