The US lost the War of 1812 because the White House was 'torched'? By that logic, we lost WWI because the Lusitania was sunk and we lost WWII because Pearl Harbor was attacked.
You have already made it clear you are a blond, so I will type slowly ;-) EVERY joke pokes fun at someone or something. Lighten up. Let you hair down. Live a little. I don't know who is doing more of a disservice to our society, bleeding heart liberals, or Bible thumping conservatives. On 2/16/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > On 2/16/07, So Kenfused <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > History is written by the victorious. > > > > Dana wrote: > > > Some version of that has been circulating since the Bushies made > > > French jokes fashionable. There's a long discussion of its accuracy > > > here > > > > > > http://www.jeuxvideo.com/forums/1-59-31872-1-0-1-0-0.htm > > > > > > Not that anyone in this list really cares. You're all having too much > > > fun, and that's ok. Just don't think you're dealing in reality, which > > > is, as always, way more complicated ;) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:228299 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
