Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Keep on digging, Allen. - ----- Original Message ----- From: Allan Wafkowski <allan@sohogurus.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, April 14, 2002 4:37 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