OT Urgent Alert

In these times of Political Correctness... so many are so afraid of
offending that they lose their humor. The same humor which really has
helped many people survive some of the most trying times of their
lives.

If we can not laugh at ourselves, then who can we laugh at? And in my
case, I am Irish, Scottish, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Oneida,
Cherokee, Anglican, Protestant, LDS, Methodist, Catholic, and Lord
knows what else. Among my mixed bag of friends, blacks tell the best
black jokes, Catholics tell the best Catholic jokes, Poles tell the
best Pollack jokes, etc.

To follow your lead, since animal jokes bother members of PETA (and I
don't mean People for the Eating of Tasty Animals) elephant jokes are
not allowed.


Many years ago a night club entertainer got a TV show where he
portrayed a bumbling Mexican hotel bellhop. His name was Bill Dana and
his character was Jose Jimenez. He was a Mexican. Many Mexicans loved
his show. But a lot of do gooders raised hell because he was making
fun of Mexicans. He quit the show and television in protest. Redd Foxx
had similar problems with Sanford and Son. It was not the black
general audience who raised a stink. It was the more radical elements,
and a larger group of white people. Bill Cosby, who had one of the
best family shows faced similar problems. Not from blacks so much as
from whites who were trying so hard to prove they were not prejudice.

It's much the same as when, in the interests of eradicating
discrimination for minorities, whites are discriminated against.
Whites, few of whom ever thought of owning a slave. Many of those
whose ancestors did not immigrate to the US until long after slavery
had been abolished. How can we say discrimination is wrong if we
discriminate to prove it?

How can we say ethnic humor is wrong when the best ethnic humor
originates within those very groups?

So. Tell me... when will humor be officially outlawed? When will the
Thought Police show up at my door?



On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:50:37 GMT, "Jim Warman"
> wrote:

>To each his own.... What I find abhorrant are those that preach equality yet
>fail to live it. OTOH, I reserve the right to use ethnicity in amusing ways
>if I so choose... all the while treating all people fair and equal.
>
>Many years ago, when we were wild and adventurous, a dear old friend would
>phone from Red Earth Creek to tell me he was coming to Slave Lake.... "You
>can drink until you go Indian and I'll drink until I go white", he would
>tell me....
>
>FWIW, I find those having problems with these sorts of amusements have
>concerns with their equality.... they either wind up being condescending in
>it's application, so overly concerned with appearances that relationships
>are stilted or have a downright slanted vision of their own version of
>equality that they can't see how it affects interaction.
>
>If my Lebanese friends and I can't joke back and forth, we can't be very
>good friends.... If my Japanese friends and I can't joke back and forth.....
>the same holds true for my many aboriginal friends as well as friends with
>many other backgrounds... ethnic, racial, religious....
>
>Do I bend over backwards to recognize their minority? No.... I embrace them
>as Canadians.... un-hyphenated Canadians.
>
>

Spike
1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok
Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40
16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial
225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video.

Gad what fools these morons be....
Children are obscene but should not be heard
Give me a peperoni pizza... or give me a calzone!

Left field

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:36:13 GMT, "SVTKate"
> wrote:

>
> wrote in message ...
>:
>: I'm as anglo as they get, and I resent thye racial undertones in your
>: posts. There's an equivalent number of scumbag cheats and racists in
>: every creed and religion.
>
>Where the hell did THAT come from?
>
>
>:
>: Jim Warman wrote:
>:
>: > No where near as many sheep as cows, but we do have them.... I remember
>one
>: > ethnic butcher shop in Edmonton that received 8 or 10 live sheep per
>week. I
>: > am unsure if the meat was ever inspect by the government.
>: >
>: > My own tastes are moose, especially if it's been harvested in an area
>with
>: > very few willow trees with beef and buffalo tied in second place. Deer
>and
>: > elk have good flavour but the meats a bit stringy... elk for sausage and
>: > deer makes great burgers if you add some ground pork..... Mmmmmm, now I
>: > hungry
>: >
>: >
>:
>

Spike
1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok
Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40
16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial
225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video.

Gad what fools these morons be....
Children are obscene but should not be heard
Give me a peperoni pizza... or give me a calzone!

"Spike" > wrote in message
...
> So. Tell me... when will humor be officially outlawed? When will the
> Thought Police show up at my door?
>
>
Probably sooner that you think. Patriot Act III?

Richard

I thought you smacktards were supposed to be talking about Mustangs.
Has Jim ever even owned a Mustang?


Spike wrote:
> In these times of Political Correctness... so many are so afraid of
> offending that they lose their humor. The same humor which really has
> helped many people survive some of the most trying times of their
> lives.
>
> If we can not laugh at ourselves, then who can we laugh at? And in my
> case, I am Irish, Scottish, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Oneida,
> Cherokee, Anglican, Protestant, LDS, Methodist, Catholic, and Lord
> knows what else. Among my mixed bag of friends, blacks tell the best
> black jokes, Catholics tell the best Catholic jokes, Poles tell the
> best Pollack jokes, etc.
>
> To follow your lead, since animal jokes bother members of PETA (and I
> don't mean People for the Eating of Tasty Animals) elephant jokes are
> not allowed.
>
>
> Many years ago a night club entertainer got a TV show where he
> portrayed a bumbling Mexican hotel bellhop. His name was Bill Dana and
> his character was Jose Jimenez. He was a Mexican. Many Mexicans loved
> his show. But a lot of do gooders raised hell because he was making
> fun of Mexicans. He quit the show and television in protest. Redd Foxx
> had similar problems with Sanford and Son. It was not the black
> general audience who raised a stink. It was the more radical elements,
> and a larger group of white people. Bill Cosby, who had one of the
> best family shows faced similar problems. Not from blacks so much as
> from whites who were trying so hard to prove they were not prejudice.
>
> It's much the same as when, in the interests of eradicating
> discrimination for minorities, whites are discriminated against.
> Whites, few of whom ever thought of owning a slave. Many of those
> whose ancestors did not immigrate to the US until long after slavery
> had been abolished. How can we say discrimination is wrong if we
> discriminate to prove it?
>
> How can we say ethnic humor is wrong when the best ethnic humor
> originates within those very groups?
>
> So. Tell me... when will humor be officially outlawed? When will the
> Thought Police show up at my door?
>
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:50:37 GMT, "Jim Warman"
> > wrote:
>
>
>>To each his own.... What I find abhorrant are those that preach equality yet
>>fail to live it. OTOH, I reserve the right to use ethnicity in amusing ways
>>if I so choose... all the while treating all people fair and equal.
>>
>>Many years ago, when we were wild and adventurous, a dear old friend would
>>phone from Red Earth Creek to tell me he was coming to Slave Lake.... "You
>>can drink until you go Indian and I'll drink until I go white", he would
>>tell me....
>>
>>FWIW, I find those having problems with these sorts of amusements have
>>concerns with their equality.... they either wind up being condescending in
>>it's application, so overly concerned with appearances that relationships
>>are stilted or have a downright slanted vision of their own version of
>>equality that they can't see how it affects interaction.
>>
>>If my Lebanese friends and I can't joke back and forth, we can't be very
>>good friends.... If my Japanese friends and I can't joke back and forth.....
>>the same holds true for my many aboriginal friends as well as friends with
>>many other backgrounds... ethnic, racial, religious....
>>
>>Do I bend over backwards to recognize their minority? No.... I embrace them
>>as Canadians.... un-hyphenated Canadians.
>>
>>
>
>
> Spike
> 1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok
> Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40
> 16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial
> 225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video.
>
> Gad what fools these morons be....
> Children are obscene but should not be heard
> Give me a peperoni pizza... or give me a calzone!

"Spike" > wrote in message
...
: Left field
:


Definitely a foul ball

: On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:36:13 GMT, "SVTKate"
: > wrote:
:
: >
: > wrote in message ...
: >:
: >: I'm as anglo as they get, and I resent thye racial undertones in your
: >: posts. There's an equivalent number of scumbag cheats and racists in
: >: every creed and religion.
: >
: >Where the hell did THAT come from?
: >
: >
:

> wrote in message news:2tVMe.233252$5V4.219273@pd7tw3no...
:
: I thought you smacktards were supposed to be talking about Mustangs.
: Has Jim ever even owned a Mustang?
:
:

Who made YOU the conversation Nazi?
If you don't like it, press the pretty little EJECT button and be on your
way to someplace that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy.

Sometimes they do POP UP... and did you mean the comment or the
originator? : 0 )

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 11:59:50 GMT, "SVTKate"
> wrote:

>
>"Spike" > wrote in message
.. .
>: Left field
>:
>
>
>Definitely a foul ball
>
>: On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:36:13 GMT, "SVTKate"
>: > wrote:
>:
>: >
>: > wrote in message ...
>: >:
>: >: I'm as anglo as they get, and I resent thye racial undertones in your
>: >: posts. There's an equivalent number of scumbag cheats and racists in
>: >: every creed and religion.
>: >
>: >Where the hell did THAT come from?
>: >
>: >
>:
>
>

Spike
1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok
Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40
16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial
225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video.

Gad what fools these morons be....
Children are obscene but should not be heard
Give me a peperoni pizza... or give me a calzone!

Even if he didn't... I would be willing to bet he's seen one.... and
found no reason to be insulting to others about it.... : 0 )

On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 05:59:26 GMT, " >
wrote:

>
> I thought you smacktards were supposed to be talking about Mustangs.
>Has Jim ever even owned a Mustang?
>
>

Spike
1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok
Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40
16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial
225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video.

Gad what fools these morons be....
Children are obscene but should not be heard
Give me a peperoni pizza... or give me a calzone!

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 02:38:07 GMT, Joe > wrote:

>Spike > wrote in
:
>
>> In these times of Political Correctness... so many are so afraid of
>> offending that they lose their humor. The same humor which really
>> has helped many people survive some of the most trying times of

>
>Read in today's paper about some guy who wants to bring lions, tigers,
>and elephants to the midwestern plains. No joke. So maybe after a
>while McDonalds will start sell McElephant burgers.

Some time ago PETA said they were going after sport fishermen for
inflicting pain on the fish by using hooks. If McD's starts selling
elephant burgers, I can hear PETA screaming!!!! Of course these are
the people who don't want you to wear fur, but they will wear leather
shoes and belts and carry leather purses and wallets.
>
>> Many years ago a night club entertainer got a TV show where he
>> portrayed a bumbling Mexican hotel bellhop. His name was Bill Dana
>> and his character was Jose Jimenez. He was a Mexican. Many Mexicans
>> loved his show. But a lot of do gooders raised hell because he was
>> making fun of Mexicans. He quit the show and television in protest.
>
>That guy was funnier than ****! "Me name Jose Jimenez..." LOL!

Lord! Somebody else remembers him!!!! LOL
>
>> Redd Foxx had similar problems with Sanford and Son. It was not the
>> black general audience who raised a stink. It was the more radical
>> elements, and a larger group of white people.
>
>Another fabulous guy. Just too funny!
>
>> Bill Cosby, who had
>> one of the best family shows faced similar problems. Not from blacks
>> so much as from whites who were trying so hard to prove they were
>> not prejudice.
>
>Cosby was one of the funniest guys on tv. All In The Family was
>another great one. Too bad the PC crowd won those battles...
>
>The granddad of 'em all was Amos & Andy. Can you imagine if that
>stuff were on today? LOL!

Amos & And were standard fare when i was a kid. Dad would tune them in
one his ham equipment and we'd laugh through dinner.

But, hey, Benny Hill and Monty Python still crack me up.
>
>> It's much the same as when, in the interests of eradicating
>> discrimination for minorities, whites are discriminated against.
>> Whites, few of whom ever thought of owning a slave. Many of those
>> whose ancestors did not immigrate to the US until long after slavery
>> had been abolished. How can we say discrimination is wrong if we
>> discriminate to prove it?
>>
>> How can we say ethnic humor is wrong when the best ethnic humor
>> originates within those very groups?
>
>Most of us laugh at ethnic jokes in private, but don't dare do so in
>public, especially in mixed ethnic company. The point is simply that
>ethnic jokes are indeed funny, regardless of what the PC crowd says.
>
>> So. Tell me... when will humor be officially outlawed? When will the
>> Thought Police show up at my door?
>
>They've already invaded our homes through the media. Screw 'em all.

Run ! HIDE!! IT'S THE PC POLICE!!!
>
>
>> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 00:50:37 GMT, "Jim Warman"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>To each his own.... What I find abhorrant are those that preach
>>>equality yet fail to live it. OTOH, I reserve the right to use
>>>ethnicity in amusing ways if I so choose... all the while treating
>>>all people fair and equal.
>>>
>>>Many years ago, when we were wild and adventurous, a dear old friend
>>>would phone from Red Earth Creek to tell me he was coming to Slave
>>>Lake.... "You can drink until you go Indian and I'll drink until I
>>>go white", he would tell me....
>>>
>>>FWIW, I find those having problems with these sorts of amusements
>>>have concerns with their equality.... they either wind up being
>>>condescending in it's application, so overly concerned with
>>>appearances that relationships are stilted or have a downright
>>>slanted vision of their own version of equality that they can't see
>>>how it affects interaction.
>>>
>>>If my Lebanese friends and I can't joke back and forth, we can't be
>>>very good friends.... If my Japanese friends and I can't joke back
>>>and forth..... the same holds true for my many aboriginal friends as
>>>well as friends with many other backgrounds... ethnic, racial,
>>>religious....
>>>
>>>Do I bend over backwards to recognize their minority? No.... I
>>>embrace them as Canadians.... un-hyphenated Canadians.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Spike
>> 1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok
>> Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40
>> 16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial
>> 225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video.
>>
>> Gad what fools these morons be....
>> Children are obscene but should not be heard
>> Give me a peperoni pizza... or give me a calzone!

Spike
1965 Ford Mustang fastback 2+2 A Code 289 C4 Trac-Lok
Vintage Burgundy w/Black Standard Interior; Vintage 40
16" rims w/BF Goodrich Comp T/A gForce Radial
225/50ZR16 KDWS skins; surround sound audio-video.

Gad what fools these morons be....
Children are obscene but should not be heard
Give me a peperoni pizza... or give me a calzone!

I will forever bemoan my 64.5 convertible..... bought in 1967 for the
princely sum of $2250 CA..... It was replete with the 5 bolt 289 and in the
225 horse configuration, generator rather than alternator.... When I sold
it, it was just another old car - who would ever have guessed that old timey
cars would have done what we now see?

Fast forward to 1988.... my 5.0 LX coupe was "sleeper extrordinaire".... I
missed it dearly when my loving bride was afraid to drive it on our winter
roads....

Currently, we have a V6, 05 convertible residing on the lot at work.... like
both of my other Mustangs, it is about as red as you can get..... Since I am
in the throes of major home reno, I am resisting Mrs. mechanics urgings to
bring this puppy home....

Have I ever owned a Mustang? What business is it of yours? Around here, I
offer comedic relief, stark reality and a modicum of decent advice.....
Judge not lest ye be judged...


> wrote in message news:2tVMe.233252$5V4.219273@pd7tw3no...
>
> I thought you smacktards were supposed to be talking about Mustangs.
> Has Jim ever even owned a Mustang?
>
>