As I recall the US torched York twice, and the US was the only part of the war to gain territory, and a formal recognition from Britain in regards to US Sovereignty. My question is who did win the War of 1812? Britain certainly didn't win, they were trying to retake the entire country, that didn't work out so well.
Just because a word is said by somebody of a certain color doesn't change the definition of the word, the definition of the word is based on the intent of the speaker. If a word isn't ok for one person to say then it isn't ok for anybody to say. It is a word, a simple word, malicious intent comes from the speaker, a good comedian can use the word in a joke regardless of the color of his skin. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 3:09 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: New French Anti-Tank Missile > > Actually, most people's history reflects what they've been taught. For > instance, people on this list refuse to believe that the United States > lost the War of 1812. Even though the White House was torched. > ::shrug:: I'm used to the distortions, so it doesn't surprise me that > people accept unquestioned an idea like the French have never won a > war. They aren't military geniuses either, but the statement just > isn't true. > > But coming back to nigger jokes, you guys might want to notice who is > *not* in the thread agreeing with you about how ok they are. Cause > see, my understanding is this. "Nigger" means an ignorant person and > it's ok for one black man to call another black man that. When it > comes from a white man though it means he is ignorant *because he is > black,* which makes all the difference in the world. So if you really > do think it's ok to tell such jokes, you may want to watch who you > tell them to. Ditto the blonde jokes, which, take it from me, follow > pretty much the same rule. > > Peace out. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228268 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
