Phil Its very nice that you can be so brave and full of good cheer concerning your "cracker" origins, but the bottom line is YOU ARE NOT a member of a minority group that is/has been discriminated against, let alone persecuted.
Its much easier poking fun at yourself behind the safety of knowing that no physical harm will come to you, but that luxury (physical safety) wasn't always the lot of visible minorities. You never walked a mile in their shoes! Zeev ---- Original Message ----- From: "Phillip Wages" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 9:30 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] What we got here is failure to communicate!! > Ooo! Oooo! My personal soapbox!!!!!!!! > > http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bigot > Bigot (bgt) - One who is strongly partial to one's own group, religion, > race, or politics and is intolerant of those who differ. > > Keypoint = tolerance and humor are two different things...look 'em up in > the dictionary. I bet you the definitions are different. TRUST ME! > > Okay... so I make/laugh-at jokes about all the groups you listed ('cept > Australians...what kind of joke would I tell? "You call that a knife?") > and more. In fact, when I hear Chris Rock tell a joke about a > "cracker", I laugh. Why? Because I'm not a bigot...I just enjoy a good > joke. And it doesn't have to be Chris Rock. Cedric the Entertainer or > David K., it doesn't matter (disclaimer: I could make a list of all > non-caucasion American and non-American groups, but it would take a > while...geez). If it's funny, I laugh. Sure, I've said "Me love you > long time" many-a-time, but it wasn't out of bigotry. It's a great line > from a great movie. > > The point is, political correctness is phewy. One must look at the > context in which statements are made and at the intentions of the person > saying them...if you even want to bother. The fact is, we are all > people. We have our strengths and weaknesses. Mine? I enjoy a good > joke whoever it targets (unless it is John Kerry....leave the man alone!). > > Oh, and Joe, I too am from Mississippi....and as you know, the ONLY > thing we have down there IS a sense of humor (I make fun of MY origins > on a daily basis...sadly, it is the only way to cope....hehe)! For the > record, there are a few homosexuals in my family (openly, but not > "flagrantly"...though it wouldn't matter either way as they are great > people which is all that counts when you get down to brass tax), plus my > stepmother is black, there are at least two different kinds of Native > American blood in my veins, my stepdad is from Indiana (who may have > decended from 1800s bank robbers know as The Littles, who renamed > themselves to "Morgan", ya know, after the Captain...ok, so I made that > last bit up...hehe), my mom decends from poor white trash sharecroppers > (from Mississippi...I'm not making this up....stereotype galore!), and > my dad decends from my grandfather (who decended from horse theives!) > and my grandmother (imagine that?) who is 70+, from Mississippi and > still known to say to my grandfather when a black man walks down the > street (I kid you not), "Papa...look at that. Go get your > shotgun...just in case."...even though my stepmother lives about 50 feet > from her. It's friggin' crazy. Ironically, my dad went from this > environment to having a PhD in micro-biology (I think)....he's a Green > Party member, election commissioner for his district in Tupelo > Mississippi, runs a farm with several dozen fowl and all sorts of weird > vegtables, and during a protest rally tells the local reporter that he > "is gay"....in an attempt to blur lines and help break down the social > norm barriers. To quote an alternative-country band, "Such is the > duality of the Southern thang". Naw mah...ware's mah chew? > > So ya'll don' te'l me 'bout big-o-tree, my fam'ly tree isa full up an' I > jus' keepa laughin' (it's easier than cryin', you all know). > Phil > > >My feelings exactly Sue. While being humorous which > >is something I can appreciate. I don't think joking > >about bigotry goes over quite well now. First off, > >it's quite off topic. Secondly, why joke about > >bigotry? If I joked about blacks, hispanics, asians, > >southerners, Australians, British, Texans..., that > >would be rude, not on topic, and hurtful. Why bother? > > Got any better jokes? I think David's humorous > >answer to this is commendable. But why start? > > > > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
