RE: [ZION] Very cold news sources
-Ron- network of stringers in virtually every berg in the world. Enjoying the mental picture of CNN correspondents huddled, shivering, on various icebergs floating around the north Atlantic... A visiting Asian* seated himself on an airplane next to the window, and was shortly joined by a man wearing a yarmukle. This second man kept glancing over at the first with an unmistakeably hostile air. Finally, after they had taken off, the man with the yarmukle turned to the Asian and said, I just want you to know that I will never forgive what you Chinese did to us at Pearl Harbor. Stunned, the Asian sat in silence for a few moments, then finally said, It wasn't the Chinese that attacked Pearl Harbor; it was the Japanese. In any case, I'm neither Chinese nor Japanese. I'm Korean. The other man replied, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, what's the difference?, and turned smugly away. They sat in silence for a few more minutes, whereupon the Asian said to his seatmate, I just want you to know that I will never forgive what you Pennsylvania Dutch Jews did to the Titanic. The Jewish man looked askance at the Asian and said, Don't be an idiot. The Pennsylvania Dutch aren't Jews, and in any case, it was an iceberg that sank the Titanic. The Asian replied, Goldberg, Pittsburg, iceberg, what's the difference? Stephen *I learned a short while ago that the term Oriental is now considered offensive, unless you're talking about restaurants (Oriental food is still acceptable, at least for the time being). The preferred term is Asian, which seems rather vague to me -- are we talking about Arabs, or Slavs, or Jews, or...? // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
RE: [ZION] Very cold news sources
-Original Message- From: Stephen Beecroft [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 1:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ZION] Very cold news sources -Ron- network of stringers in virtually every berg in the world. Enjoying the mental picture of CNN correspondents huddled, shivering, on various icebergs floating around the north Atlantic... Burg it should have been. Nice story. See comments beneath it. A visiting Asian* seated himself on an airplane next to the window, and was shortly joined by a man wearing a yarmukle. This second man kept glancing over at the first with an unmistakeably hostile air. Finally, after they had taken off, the man with the yarmukle turned to the Asian and said, I just want you to know that I will never forgive what you Chinese did to us at Pearl Harbor. Stunned, the Asian sat in silence for a few moments, then finally said, It wasn't the Chinese that attacked Pearl Harbor; it was the Japanese. In any case, I'm neither Chinese nor Japanese. I'm Korean. The other man replied, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, what's the difference?, and turned smugly away. They sat in silence for a few more minutes, whereupon the Asian said to his seatmate, I just want you to know that I will never forgive what you Pennsylvania Dutch Jews did to the Titanic. The Jewish man looked askance at the Asian and said, Don't be an idiot. The Pennsylvania Dutch aren't Jews, and in any case, it was an iceberg that sank the Titanic. The Asian replied, Goldberg, Pittsburg, iceberg, what's the difference? Stephen *I learned a short while ago that the term Oriental is now considered offensive, unless you're talking about restaurants (Oriental food is still acceptable, at least for the time being). The preferred term is Asian, which seems rather vague to me -- are we talking about Arabs, or Slavs, or Jews, or...? It's only offensive to a few PC-Nazis and guv-jocks. I don't know a single, ah, Occidental who prefers the non-descriptive Asian. Of course they'd rather be Malayasian, Chineese, Japanese or Korean...whatever applies. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// // /// // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
RE: [ZION] Very cold news sources
-Original Message- From: Rick Mathis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 3:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ZION] Very cold news sources At 11:31 AM 11/17/2003, RBS wrote: I don't know a single, ah, Occidental who prefers the non-descriptive Asian. Of course they'd rather be Malayasian, Chineese, Japanese or Korean...whatever applies. I am an Occidental who would not rather be Malayasian (sic), Chineese (sic), Japanese, or Korean. Now you know one. Rick Mathis So you prefer Asian? Spelled correctly, of course. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// // /// // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
RE: [ZION] Very cold news sources
-Original Message- From: John W. Redelfs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [ZION] Very cold news sources RB Scott wrote: It's only offensive to a few PC-Nazis and guv-jocks. I don't know a single, ah, Occidental who prefers the non-descriptive Asian. Of course they'd rather be Malayasian, Chineese, Japanese or Korean...whatever applies. Er... you meant Oriental, didn't you? --JWR No. But I had plenty of trouble spelling everything else wince. RBS // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// // /// // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
Re: [ZION] Very cold news sources
RB Scott wrote: So you prefer Asian? Spelled correctly, of course. = Grampa Bill comments: But the Japanese are not Asians any more than the British are Europeans. // /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// / --^ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^
