Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Thought for the day: racist jokes on LUG
From: "Don" <don.ro@verizon.net>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:33:46 -0500
References: <676545DE-4FE7-11D6-87BA-003065D4DE46@sohogurus.net>

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.
>
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Replies: Reply from "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] Re: Thought for the day: racist jokes on LUG)
In reply to: Message from Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> ([Leica] Re: Thought for the day: racist jokes on LUG)