I'll only marry you if you're very physically attractive
and are not British.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:01, archived)

Racist
*opens can o' worms*
( NobbyNobody, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:03, archived)

I know a lot of you guys hate it
but racism can be probably the funniest thing ever.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:05, archived)

*burns cross*
*irony overload*
( NobbyNobody, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:06, archived)

There are very few shows that made me laugh
as hard as the Chappelle show.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:07, archived)

"probably"?
Whyfor the probably?
(Ecclesia, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:07, archived)

Because I doubt i've ever heard the funniest
thing ever.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:07, archived)

I have.
I can't remember what it was though, as I was drunk at the time. Sorry :(
(Ecclesia, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:08, archived)

It was the word "Broccoli"
announced during a quiet moment after listening to Beethoven's 9th, by my friend Larry, who was also on LSD.
(Somerreign, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:13, archived)

The last five words of that sentence
 
are the important ones.

broccoli...

heheheheh
( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:15, archived)

hahahahahaha
ah, drugs.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:15, archived)

"Why did the chicken cross the road?"
"To get to the other side."

Is supposed to be the most perfectly constructed joke possible and therefore the funniest thing ever.

Personally I think it's shit.
( NobbyNobody, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:09, archived)

Agreed.
 
On Friday I was regaling myself with these:

www.b3ta.com/questions/sickjokes/
 
( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:09, archived)

...and not all the answers to this week's question suck.
 
www.b3ta.com/questions/teenagepoetry/post37762/

also:

www.b3ta.com/questions/teenagepoetry/post37774/
 
( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:13, archived)

Och! some gems indeed.
 
www.b3ta.com/questions/teenagepoetry/post37782/
 
( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:44, archived)

Oh my
I've just woken up to go to work. That link is the greatest, thankyou!
( SugarSpunSister www.facebook.com/pages/SugarSpun/8347697732, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:48, archived)

I aim to please.

( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:58, archived)

what do you mean?
Like Blazing Saddles? Or actaul racist jokes?
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:18, archived)

Both and more

(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:31, archived)

odd
I only just finished watching that
(kaibosh, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:04, archived)

Actual racism itself is never funny.
Jokes involving racism can be funny, but only if done with enough style and panache. Levels of style and panache rarely found on B3ta.

Sometimes the levels of racist, homophobic and sexist crap on the board really depresses me. I am sure the authors would claim they are being 'ironic' but it generally just makes me cringe.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:32, archived)

Blazing Saddles = style and panache ;)

( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:35, archived)

agreed
:)
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:36, archived)

This is true.
I have not seen very much racist stuff on this board that has made me laugh. But, there are also times when you can say racist things that are really funny but have no style or panache.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:37, archived)

I guess that's where the irony comes in
but racism with irony can be incredibly subjective.
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:40, archived)

yeah
like when you see a black person running.




and you know why he's running.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:42, archived)

hahahaha

(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:43, archived)

Example:
My school last year was full of black people that got transferred here from other schools that got horrible grades based on their standardized tests. Every day at lunch they would always get in big groups and start freestyle rap competitions or breakdancing contests. One day I was sitting there with my friend, and all of a sudden there were a shitload of black people running toward one spot where either there was a fight or a dance contest. As we saw it, I remarked "somebody must have dropped some fried chicken." I don't know if that has panache, but it was fucking hilarious.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:43, archived)

I refer you
to my post below.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:44, archived)

I don't know whether it's just my wooly liberal consciousness
but that crosses the line into general offensiveness, to me, at least.
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:49, archived)

Personally
I wouldn't want to go near jokes of that ilk, unless I knew exactly how my audience were going to take it. I certainly wouldn't make pictures to post on an internet messageboard for everyone in the world to look at and draw their own conclusions.

From my own point of view, if I overheard a bunch of white kids making racial slurs agains blacks or arabs, I would assume the worst about their personalities.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:44, archived)

^ this

( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:45, archived)

If you're among friends
I find that it can be fucking hilarious
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:45, archived)

You mean
other racists?
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:47, archived)

i find that many stereotypes are strongly based in reality
and that they are too often dismissed wholesale.

have you ever considered their time-saving benefits?
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:48, archived)

hahah
this is true
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:49, archived)

I refer you to
my post below.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:48, archived)

I have a friends that are Argentinian, Greek, Black,
Asian, and Pakistani, and we all make racist remarks about each other all the time. It is quite fun and funny.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:48, archived)

my friend isaac

i call him blacko.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:48, archived)

Yea
whenever my pakistani friend gets a little angry, I'll remark "Jeez, don't fly a plane into me." We all find it quite funny.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:50, archived)

whenever we get angry at blacko
we say, "excuse me, could you just remind me again, whose people were enslaved for hundreds of years?"
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:51, archived)

hahaha
see, that is funny without style or panache.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:52, archived)

definitely made ME laugh.

(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:53, archived)

My argentinian friend always tells my Greek friend
to go fuck Zeus.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:53, archived)

that makes less sense
but would probably be funnier in argentinian broken english.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:54, archived)

Definitely.
He can't pronounce the "Z" he prounounces it as an "S."
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:57, archived)

haha
okay, yeah that made me laugh.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:58, archived)

Hence my point
about knowing your audience.

What is acceptable humour amongst a group of friends isn't necessarily going to be taken the right way by a bunch of strangers on the internet.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:52, archived)

no it's cool though


everyone knows black people don't know how to use computers.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:54, archived)

hahahahaha
the point is proven right there.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:54, archived)

Yes
I agree that the point is proven right there.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:55, archived)

okay, joking aside.
consider that vocally anti-christian sentiments are met with much warmer responses than, say, an anti-jewish one would.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:57, archived)

it depends who's saying it
and who to.

christians can easily make jokes about christianity
jews can easily make jokes about judaism
etc.
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:59, archived)

because christians have never really been discriminated against in this country
on a wide scale. There's been no wide cultural assault on them like there have been on jews.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:59, archived)

so you're saying it's about time?

"i hate christians" and "i hate jews" are both very clear statements with the exact same meaning and scope, regardless of past events.

the difference is that, in modern society, people associate christianity with conservatism, conservatism with george bush, and george bush with evil.

most culturally and religiously sensitive people are anti-christian.

sweet christ, a stereotype within a stereotype.

combustion.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:03, archived)

it doesn't have the same meaning and scope
it's unpopular to talk this way, but our culture gives us different images for christians and jews (for sake of argument we won't talk about orthadox practitioners of either group).
I'm meant to relate more closely to Christians, it's in the photography of my TV shows, it's in the story of my movies, it's in the character development of my books.

The Jewish person is the other. He's foreign. There isn't much to him I relate to, I don't see him as a human being. When I say "human being" I think white, male, and not jewish.

If it suddenly becomes ok for non-jews to openly express hatred for jews then that image gets way smaller and I relate much less to Jews as human being than if the image for "Christian" came under a similar barrage from non-christians. Part of me still relates more, it becomes more foreign but not by much. It's still close to standard.

If you don't buy that some time rent His Girl Friday (a comedy with Carey Grant directed by Howard Hawks) and then watch some shit like iRobot. If you pay attention, the way it's shot the director makes no distinction between his male or female character. The woman is not "the other" as she is in iRobot. Her actions are not defined by her male lead either.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:16, archived)

if that's too long you can disregard the last paragraph
I also will stop with the liberal indoctrination.

I would like to say I don't want anyone to be PC or that this kind of humor needs to be repressed. I just don't think anyone should claim it's good for anyone.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:20, archived)

It can produce laughter
and laughter is good for the soul. Therefore, you is wrong.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:21, archived)

in the wrong context
it can also produce a lot of anger
and anger ain't good for nobody.
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:23, archived)

i think that destroying the cultural and sexual boundaries between groups
should be avoided as strenuously as discrimination based on those differences should.

the destruction of social boundaries and the complete homogenization of society deprives people of a part of their identity. cultural and ethnic heritage is often a great point of pride, differences are what make society function.

anyone who claims that males and females differ in no way is deluding him/herself and the people who follow that ideal.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:25, archived)

Exactly why women should not be treated equally as men.
They should be treated less. Sexism is also funny. Every time.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:27, archived)

is that what you think
or was it another joke?
I honestly can't tell.
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:30, archived)

Then I feel sorry for you.
You're missing many funny jokes.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:33, archived)

QED.
If you say something and someone finds it offensive, you see that as their problem.
And that is where the real problems start.
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:36, archived)

If I drew a picture of a cat
and someone was offended, that doesn't mean shit. Just like if you are offended by stupid blatant racism that means nothing, then it doesn't mean shit.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:39, archived)

I agree and that is why I think you're wrong
yes, pride is nice, but it's not necessary and most of the time it's just working to fuck people up.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:28, archived)

Well, there's no reason to be racist
other than being funny. Since laughter is one of the things that is most sought after in the world, there's a good reason for racism.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:32, archived)

only if you're not like other 90% of hilarious B3ta posters that can tell a decent joke without having to glorify racism

( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:42, archived)

I'm one of the funniest b3tans on here
n3wb
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:45, archived)

true
I don't think you have to resort to scraping the barrel of good taste.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:50, archived)

well, only scapping the barrel of good taste, anyway...

( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:00, archived)

you're also one of the most racist

( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:51, archived)

Hence my argument
that racism can be funny.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:53, archived)

i never said your racist language was humourous
you can be funny without being racist. You do it a lot.
so as Bild says, why resort to scraping the bottom of the barrel?
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:56, archived)

While it may not make you laugh
it makes several others laugh. And you can't please everyone.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:58, archived)

if there is someone here who will laugh solely at your racist jokes
then please, point them out.

anyway, I know I can't win this argument so I'll just say this.

Racism is still racism, whether you find it funny or not. Don't pretend it somehow waters the language down simply because you are prepared to laugh at it.
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:00, archived)

Schnurr and Rapitinui find it funny.
And, theres a difference between what I do, and real racism. A real racist would kill a black, I would only maim him a little.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:02, archived)

hahahaah

(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:10, archived)

example:
"i make the best fucking perogies because of my polish grandmother."

negative effect?

the point is that depending on the way you interpret it, ignoring cultural differences can be as offensive as pointing them out.

noticing that people are different is natural, what's important is the way you respond.

that being said, i know for a fact that all black people should be in jail.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:32, archived)

hahaha

(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:34, archived)

result: it reinforces your cultural pride and cultural idenity
thus excluding people of other backgrounds and thus opening you up to conflict.

If the government were just grabbing random white people and hold them in Guantonomo for months without trial, how much more would you care? How much harder would you work to stem that threat?

I don't think you really can react any differently. You can try and suppress the behavior you find undesirable but it still comes out through the cracks and it plays out in all of the myriad chances you have to have an effect on the fate of other people.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:41, archived)

i think i'm not quite getting your point.
are you advocating the "there's nothing we can do about it so fuck it" standpoint?
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:45, archived)

I think it's important to understand the results of your actions
You will do what you want to do. If you know what's worth doing and what's not then everything should work out fine.

I think suppressing anything is a bad idea, it just makes things worse.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:53, archived)

i don't mean this as some kind of ridiculously circuitous logical defense of closed-mindedness and racism
but even anti-racism is a form of extremism, and fanatacism of all kinds (most commonly religious) is the root cause of the world's most heinous problems. that being said, racism itself is extremism, and so in conclusion, the secret to a happy and impossible world is that ultimate stonerism, "chill out."
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:01, archived)

Or
Just make people laugh and don't get offended by anything.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:03, archived)

that's what I'm saying
sort of...

I'm not going to rule out extremism (as I am some what of an extremist) but I don't think society's answer to racism doesn't really do much.

I don't think we need to get really angry at one another or ourselves when rules are broken I think we just need to see things as they are and then we won't act against our best interests.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:08, archived)

perhaps

( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:09, archived)

that will be easier to read

( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:09, archived)

if I stretch the board out a bit more

( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:10, archived)

well then, my good man,
i believe i agree with you.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:11, archived)

well then I've obviously not been talking long enough
:P
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:35, archived)

I
really hate these long cunting threads down the side of the board. Why not start a new one?
( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:33, archived)

Maybe we could kill some blacks
and it will make it better?
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:35, archived)

it'd certainly make more room.

those fuckers are BOUNTIFUL!
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:37, archived)

can someone point out
where the humour is in this message please?
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:39, archived)

I don't know how to describe it
but it's over the top and stuff.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:42, archived)

the humor applies only to the context of this argument.
basically because it pisses people off and makes these threads stretch out even more.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:43, archived)

CUNTS.

( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:45, archived)

in other people's reaction
a la andy kaufman or your average internet troll. A fine line between those two.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:45, archived)

or maybe it is funny.
You just want to be offended by things.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:48, archived)

andy kaufman was a reality troll.
it's easy to get pissed off at andy kaufman for his ridiculous women-wrestling and anti-southern comments, but eventually you have to stop and say, "oh shit. he's joking and i'm pissed off." if you've truly got an open mind, you can accept that he's succeeded. and once you realize that, you can then accept his message: lighten the fuck up.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:48, archived)

I think Bild and Mushroom
are too close minded.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:52, archived)

It must be the AIDS.

( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:55, archived)

Everyone has AIDS!
AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS AIDS
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:59, archived)

That's what I'm talkin' 'bout.

( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:08, archived)

This is an argument that I have never understood...
That people from different backgrounds have to be treated differently, and stay seperate, otherwise their history and heritage will somehow dissappear.

I am the product of two countries (in recent generations... god knows how many more if I go further back) and I feel like I have pride in both histories. Pride is probably a bad word to use, my background and nationality is an accident of birth, not something I have earned and should be proud of.

Anyway, my point is my history is set in stone and cannot be changed. I am free to research and learn about all my background and try to preserve and pass on anything I think is worthy of it.

My future might take me far away from the path my ancestors were on, but that doesn't mean I have lost anything.

There isn't a country on earth today that isn't a product of merging people of many different nationalities or races. You just have to go back far enough.

Cultural bounderies have never been static.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:57, archived)

Thus why shouldn't
we have a sense of humor about it?
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:00, archived)

I never said we shouldn't have a sense of humour about it
I personally think no subject should be closed to humour, even if I personally find some things a bit distasteful.

As I said way up there, jokes involving racism can be funny. Racism isn't funny.

You might find racist remarks aimed at strangers subtle and brilliant humour. I find it a bit hard to distinguish from actual hatred when it's coming from somebody I don't know.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:06, archived)

i never intended to support the complete stabilization and restriction of cultural backgrounds
my point is just that cultural differences shouldn't just be glossed over.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:04, archived)

not glossed over
and not emphasised
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:11, archived)

If it makes people laugh, and you don't actually mean it
then why not?
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:14, archived)

making people laugh is fine
you just have to consider the wider ramifications which could still suck even if you don't mean it.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:20, archived)

i think that to an extent
emphasis tends to devalue.

for instance, in the last decade the word "nigger" has taken up increased usage among black people. as a result, i no longer feel pressured to say "the n-word."

it's still not socially acceptable, but it has certainly been taken down several notches.

the same principle can be applied to most aspects of bigotry.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:17, archived)

I guess my point was that we don't need to blind ourselves
but we don't need to make unecessary distinctions either. To take pride in a part of your culture is to define it against other cultures and thus seperate yourself from them. I don't think you need to do that, though I say it as a fairly proud Irish American whith a preternatural love for James Cagney..
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:29, archived)

i think you too closely associate pride and isolationism.

(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:34, archived)

perhaps
but I think that it is the price of pride. Small pride only distinguishes you slightly while large pride isolates you completely.

That's all I have to say for tonight, I have work tommarow. I enjoyed our discussion.

/unclenches
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:41, archived)

yes yes i did as well

(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 8:42, archived)

I think this stems from the fact that
most christian groups or even individuals will try to "save" or convert you at every opportunity, while most other religions frown on that.
(ShigTheNewt isn't funny. -_-, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 10:14, archived)

both points, it seems...

( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:58, archived)

what a mindjob.

(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:58, archived)

I find that funny
because you're so horrible. It's clownish. It's like All In The Family. That kind of humor is ok with me.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:04, archived)

Well
What about in Anchorman, when the Hispanic bartender is talking to Ron in English, and Ron remarks "Sorry, I don't speak spanish." I'm pretty sure that's funny to everyone.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:56, archived)

hahaha
yeah that's definitely funny.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:57, archived)

I don't think it's a problem of audience
it's not a problem of hurting anyone's feelings it's about avoiding a turbulant society. All our racial conflicts start with personal perceptions and jokes do have an effect on that.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:57, archived)

Most of the people I know
are not offended by anything. Thus you can say anything and it would usually be funny.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:59, archived)

but my point is is that it doesn't matter how easily offended anyone is
racial predjudice feeds into alot more than just who makes fun of whom. People get disinfrachised, people live shitty lives, people get upset and riot.
( hanke ass poop, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:01, archived)

BURN THE MOTHER DOWN!

( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:03, archived)

All that crap happens
because of real racism, not the joking, hilarious kind of racism.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:06, archived)

hmm
it could just be that black people like excuses to loot.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:09, archived)

Nah, man
 
EVERYONE loves lootin'.
 
( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:10, archived)

touche.

(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:11, archived)

well, whether jokes or general discrimination
it's still at someone else's expense
and I guess that's where the line starts to blur.

and here I shall stop annoying everyone with my wooly liberal fence sitting antics and try to get some rest.
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:10, archived)

Well
I know black people that make white racist jokes to me, and it's still funny, and I don't quit my job and start robbing liquor stores.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:12, archived)

..but you'd consider it, right?

( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:14, archived)

haha

(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:16, archived)

I know I do.

( Rapitinui can make me kick and moan, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:39, archived)

a joke with friends doesn't bother me really
it's when it starts becoming a general attitude that problems start.

Your example with the 'fried chicken' comment disturbed me rather more than it perhaps usually would because they were a bunch of people you didn't know. If they or someone else who didn't know you were joking had heard that, do you expect they'd have found it as funny as you clearly did?

But anyway, I'm not trying to lecture you, I'm just trying to point out the way I see it.
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:19, archived)

I can be offensive to my friend
based on his particular religion. I know he won't be offended and he sometimes returns the insult and we all laugh.

I make the same comments to somebody in the wrong part of Glasgow, I get stabbed.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:23, archived)

You have to be smart about it
Don't say that shit to the wrong people, and you're fine.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:25, archived)

by that same argument
you could say it's alright to be racist as long as you're not racist in public.
( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:28, archived)

well
if you're not racist in public then you're not depriving anyone of rights or opportunities, so in what way do one person's private feelings negatively affect society?
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:34, archived)

When it all comes down to it
I think my original point was in with regards to posts on b3ta.

I don't really care what anybody deems acceptable within their social circle. I don't care how they want to try and justify it to themselves and everybody else.

When I see people making racist/sexist/homophobic/whatever comments, it usually just looks like a short-cut to thinking. I try to ignore it, but sometimes I just cant.

When I see something offensive on the board with no redeeming features, I will delete it. I'll ban the user as well if I have to. And I am not even going to try and justify it, because I don't have to.
( Mystery_Bob, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:35, archived)

amen to that.

( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:37, archived)

suckup!

(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:41, archived)

I just agree.

( Mushroom, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:47, archived)

one time i accidentally called my friend "nigga"
in a very black neighborhood.

luckily no one heard.




maybe their stolen televisions and radios were too loud.
(schnurricane, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:28, archived)

hahahahah
hahahahahaha
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:30, archived)

I doubt anyone would have cared
and the way I delivered it, it was fucking hysterical.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:25, archived)

Hm.
Check, and check.

Texan okay? Also I live in Canada...

But, I always wanted to be a polyamorist!
(Ecclesia, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:04, archived)

As long as you're hot
But I really hate Texas for some reason
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:11, archived)

Hm.
Might not work out between us, alas.

I think Texas, and I think "BBQ & JD". Also unbearable heat & cowboys (as negatives, ofc)
(Ecclesia, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:16, archived)

Florida is so much awesomer than Texas

(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 6:22, archived)

Florida's
shit. Unless you're 87 or an orange.
(kaibosh, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:19, archived)

Or a hot-ass tan teenager
who goes to the beach every day.
(Hairy Midget, Mon 15 Aug 2005, 7:28, archived)