Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don't worry about the word "racist." That word has been so over used no one knows what it means anymore. It is just used by those who are unable to articulate what they really wish to say. Don R. - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Wafkowski" <allan@sohogurus.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 3:37 PM Subject: [Leica] Re: Thought for the day: racist jokes on LUG > Let's be serious. It was a poor joke, but It carried no hatred. By one > definition, it would be accurate to call the war between the Israelis > and the Palestinians racist. To call the bad joke racist is absurd. > Racism is a very strong word that means hating a person down to his very > bloodline; a true belief that the other person is somehow less then > human. Hitler and Malcom X were racist, the teller of that joke is not. > > Do you know why you get called a liberal if you protest? Because > liberals have faulty senses of humor, and are too quick to see people in > the poorest light, and foolishly see themselves as having some special > understanding when they are more often just parroting what they read or > heard, without serious thought. When YOU stop hating those who differ > with you, you might understand that people have different ideas that > are not as hateful as you think. > > Allan > > > DFangon@aol.com wrote: > > I don't even know what this "joke" was doing on a Leica Users Group > > List. > > Bad taste and off topic to boot. And if one protests, they label you > > with > > names like liberal or "left wing" whatever. Some people can't stop > > hating, > > even if the subject is about cameras. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html