Thanks Keith, well said. However we prefer "HillBillies", "HillBillys" is somewhat offensive and tends to associate one with those snobs from Beverly Hills, California.
Regards, Y'all Jethro Bodine II > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Whaley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 12:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Totally OT: It's tax time! > > > Oh baloney! > Way WAY too many folks are too quick to take offense at imagined slights > from others... > A lot of years ago, no nationality was so sacrosanct that it didn't have > it's share of jokes, based on perceived national characteristics. None > of which had any REAL truth in their basis, but it was just accepted as > being so... > The Poles, the Italians, the Germans, and yes, the Blacks and the > Mexicans, and hillbillys and on and on...they all had their own jokes, > and even the Poles, the Italians and the Germans laughed at them, and > largely didn't take offense. > Those days are over, unfortunately. > > A lot of people can't appreciate a good joke anymore, for fear it might > be politically incorrect, and [awwww...] hurt someone's feelings! > The entire history of jokes, should you know any of it, is replete with > the eventual laughter sought because of someone else's misfortune! > The laughter comes forth as the listener identifies with the situation, > and is happy it's happening to someone else, not HIM! > > We all need to lighten up and be a little more gentle and find things to > make us smile, or ~ God forbid ~ actually laugh at ourselves! > Too few of us are capable of it anymore, and that's just plain sad. > > keith whaley > >
