Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 22:30:51 -0400 > From: Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> > Subject: [Leica] Re: Thought for the day > Message-ID: <A38115EC-4F4F-11D6-AC00-003065D4DE46@sohogurus.net> > References: > > Perhaps it was a religious joke, or a cultural joke, but it most > certainly was not a joke denigrating race. The distinction is important > because the term has become a part of the sloganism of the left. > > Allan Allan, I took the liberty of sending a copy of that so-called "joke" to friends around the world, some of which are of the Muslim, Jewish, Catholic religious persuasion; others were of different nationalities, Polish, American, Canadian, British and the consensus was the same from all. It is racist and they found it very insulting. So Allan, if you subscribe to those kind of "jokes", then I can only conclude that are yourself a racist. Of course, I can predict what your response will; all these people are ignorant and did not appreciate the "joke" and you are the only enlightened one among us. Regards, Bogdan > > > On Saturday, April 13, 2002, at 09:50 PM, Tim Atherton wrote: > > Come on Alan, quit being disingenuous - it was a simple and > > straightforward > > racist joke belittling and denigrating the practices and beliefs of > > Muslims - insert the beliefs and habits of Jews or African Americans > > and I'm > > sure it would become more than clear to you? - -- __________________________________________________________________ Bogdan Karasek Montréal, Québec e-mail: bkarasek@videotron.ca Canada "Wovon man nicht sprechen kann, darüber muss man schweigen" "What we cannot speak about we must pass over in silence" Ludwig Wittgenstein ________________________________________________________________ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html