--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Behalf Of Deborah Harrell > > --- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > >This is *awful*...but good sick gallows > humor... > > > > > > > >Cowboys and Muslims <snipped joke> > > > > > This was incredibly offensive and not funny for > so many reasons. :( > > > > > > I'm genuinely curious: would you have posted > this if it had a German making > > > a snide comment about playing a 'wipe out the > Jews' game? > > > > I'm sorry that you were so offended. It made me > laugh out loud and then groan "Oh, that's so bad..."
<snippage> > > ...I just felt the joke was racist and said so. > > > But I wouldn't put > > it in the same category as a Nazi joke, because: <snip> > Also, there _used_ to be an unofficial American > policy of wiping out > Native Americans (I'm simplifying, obviously). The > punchline of this > joke basically points to Muslims and says 'You're > Next.' IMO, that puts > it in the same category as the Nazi joke. This ties into my reason #3. > > (2) I took it as poking (sardonic/political) fun > at a certain 'cowboy'... <sniplet> > > So the obvious follow-up question is.... do you > believe that jokes > calling someone a moron has an equal value to those > that suggest they > and their people are mass murderers? Umm, no - it was such a ridiculous position that I didn't think anyone could take it seriously. While it's no secret that I don't like Bush's policies WRT just about everything, I don't think he wants to, or would deliberately engage in, genocide. Despite his 'arrogant cowboy stance,' I think he truly wants to be liked. > > (3) underneath the humor I read a pointed reminder > of what categorizing people can lead to (frex, the > > consequences of past policies that 'dealt with > heathen savages'). > > It didn't exactly sound like a warning encouraging > American self-examination to me. <wry> Well, I can 'read stuff into' as much as the next person, but it doesn't mean I'm always right... :) Debbi __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
