--- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 14, 2006, at 11:16 PM, anon_couscous_ff wrote: > > > Redd Foxx (Sanford and Sons ) [Blacks are uneducated, > > boisterous and crude] > > Don't forget Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker) White men > can be all of the above, too.
Or the classic example, Amos and Andy. The original actors on the radio show were white. When the show became so popular that it was ready to move to television, they did a "talent search" and found two black actors to play Amos and Andy on that show, which went on to gain one of the most loyal fan bases and some of the highest ratings in television history. Today, it's difficult if not impossible to find episodes of either the radio or the TV shows. They've become so politically incorrect that a huge piece of broadcast history is unavailable to the general public. And the reason is that some people set themselves up as knowing what is "appropriate" for the public to see and hear, and the public is so pussywhipped that they allow these petty tyrants to get away with it. As you can tell, I feel strongly about censorship, especially censorship of humor. In general, I think it is important to examine the motives of anyone, anywhere who claims that humor should be censored. Look into it, and 9 times out of 10 I think you'll find a person with an agenda, someone who considers himself *worthy* of deciding what's appropriate and what's not, and considers the general public *unworthy* of making those decisions for themselves. In other words, a tyrant. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
