> There's a stereotype about African-American males and the size of > their...uh...unit? Doubt that would be considered negative ;)
we know your conservative, but don't we afraid to say it...half of us have one, even if a lot of us don't want to be reminded ;-) Dick. Penis. Cock whatever ;-P ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 4:11 AM Subject: Re: Dark Humour > > I'm not sure there is anything positive about a > > stereotype in general, so isn't a 'negative stereotype' an tautology? > > There's a stereotype about African-American males and the size of > their...uh...unit? Doubt that would be considered negative ;) > > Respectfully, > > Michael > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Benjamin Falloon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 12:31 PM > Subject: Re: Dark Humour > > > > I miss the 'oklahoma' nuances... guess you have to be american to > understand > > that, but > > in terms of stereotypes, I'm not sure there is anything positive about a > > stereotype in general, so isn't a 'negative stereotype' an tautology? > > > > Then again, maybe it's not so bad because there are people out there that > > have an ignorant attitude (expressed in this 'sterotype') and what's the > > harm in poking fun at the sterotype... isn't that what the statement does > as > > well as it's obvious interpretation? > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 2:49 AM > > Subject: Re: Dark Humour > > > > > > > Come off of what? I think that its wrong to use negative stereotypes on > > any > > > group of people. What's wrong with that? I don't condone it. You > may, > > > but I don't. I think that a lot of George Carlin jokes are really > funny, > > > but some do cross the line. I wouldn't say that would embody George > > Carlin's > > > act though. Same with SNL. But SNL even knows where to draw the line. > > > Lorne Michaels said that any jokes related to the events of 9/11 will > most > > > likely be targeted toward the media. He said that there's just not > really > > > anything funny about what happened. I think Chris Rock is a riot, but I > > > don't particularly care for some of his standup routine either because > > it's > > > all about black and white stereotypes. I do appreciate that a lot of > his > > > humor on that front is intended to point out the absurdity of it all, > > which > > > has value. Same with Carlin. But, in this case, it was just a rip on > > > people from Oklahoma City. That doesn't have value. > > > > > > > Because it's people from Oklahoma there's something wrong with it now? > > > > > > Not just now. Always. > > > > > > Respectfully, > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Angel Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 10:17 AM > > > Subject: RE: Dark Humour > > > > > > > > > > Oh come off it. > > > > Saturday Night Live does it every saturday night, as do several > > comedians > > > worldwide. > > > > You don't find George Carlin funny? > > > > > > > > You've never looked at Saturday Night Live where they make fun of > people > > > with their Satire? > > > > Because it's people from Oklahoma there's something wrong with it now? > > > > > > > > -Gel > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > > > > > I don't think using negative stereotypes to describe a group of people > > (in > > > > this case, people from Oklahoma City) is ever in good taste. You may > > > think > > > > otherwise, but I don't. > > > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
