How about a thread about PC

[piece-itpete]

Great thread D. I dislike PC thoroughly. I tend to agree with mp.

Consider I mentioned many women get assaulted during their trip through Mexico to cross the border illegally. I was accused of being racist for saying it. Forget that I got it from a Mexican priest. Just one example. I think PC stifles honest dialogue. Often the truth offends someone.

Good thing Mike Royko's dead!

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Back in the day there was this older black guy I worked with...Sam Charles was his name. I remember one day, back in the late 60's, Sam went on a rant at work..."What's this Afro-American shit? I don't play that. I ain't no African!!!" Pissed off some of the younger black guys on the shop floor. And every time James Brown's "Say It Loud...I'm Black and I'm Proud!" came on the radio, Sam would crank it up.

And then in 1989 Jesse Jackson saw a poem on a "Black History" calendar and he decided that his people were no longer "black" but "African American". The media bought it because it was Jesse. And ever since, depending on who I happened to be with, to one level or another, I was nervous using either term. What's a well-intentioned white boy to do???

Dig a hole and crawl in it, we're screwed boy!

Or go with what my... step Grandmother? (uncle's wife's mother) would say in polite company, in a hushed voice - 'the Darker Ones'

I say black. If it offends anyone I'll require them to call me English-Czechoslovakian-Irish-Polish-- and a teeny touch of German - American lol. Limey and Pollack? Instant death Bob

Pete

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

I say black. If it offends anyone I'll require them to call me English-Czechoslovakian-Irish-Polish-- and a teeny touch of German - American lol. Limey and Pollack?
Pete

A guy is walking through the Negev and meets an Arab with a canteen over his shoulder:
Guy: Watcha got there?
Arab: A goatskin water bottle, if I get thirsty I can drink.

Walks a little further and bumps into a Jew with a salami under his arm:
Guy: What's that for?
Jew: It's a Hebrew National Salami, if I get hungry I can eat.

Walks a bit more and observes a polack dragging a car door behind him.
Guy: What are you doing with that?
Polack: If it gets hot I roll down the window.

[mpholland]

I've been sitting here for about 5 minutes trying to figure out how to word this, but the PC issue really doesn't seem to come up, for me anyway, with many people that might be offended by it. If I am talking to a black person or a Hispanic or whomever it may be, I don't feel the need to talk about him/her being black, Hispanic or whatever they may be. Usually the people who get riled up are other people that I may be talking to who seem to have their own take on PC. The only times I really remember any folks getting offended are white people who try to tell me what the correct terms for other races are.

[piece-itpete]

You don't start the conversation with say, hey, nice to meet you Indian guy, great turban?

If you want to irritate a black guy ask to touch his hair.

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

A guy is walking through the Negev and meets an Arab with a canteen over his shoulder:
Guy: Watcha got there?
Arab: A goatskin water bottle, if I get thirsty I can drink.

Walks a little further and bumps into a Jew with a salami under his arm:
Guy: What's that for?
Jew: It's a Hebrew National Salami, if I get hungry I can eat.

Walks a bit more and observes a polack dragging a car door behind him.
Guy: What are you doing with that?
Polack: If it gets hot I roll down the window.

ROTFLMAO!!

But we've had it with all these people telling jokes about us so we sent out a bunch of folks to stage a march on Washington. When we last heard from them they were 10 miles out of Seattle.

Pete

[Ike Bana]

Customer walks up to the counter: "Give me a pound of Polish sausage."

Counter guy, "Y'know...I'll betcha you're Polish."

Customer, "What did you just say to me? You bet I'm Polish? Why would you suggest that I'm polish? I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION WHY YOU WOULD SAY I'M POLISH JUST BECAUSE I CAME IN HERE AND ORDERED A POUND OF POLISH SAUSAGE!!!!!!!"

Counter guy, "Because this is a hardware store."

[piece-itpete]

LOL!

Good to see there's people with discriminating tastes here

Did you hear about the Polack who went to the doctor and asked him for advice on how to improve his sex life?

The doctor told him to jog ten miles a day, for seven days. Then call him.

A week later, the Polack telephoned. "Well," asked the doctor, "has jogging improved your sex life?"

"I don't know," said the Polack. "I'm seventy miles from home."

Pete

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

Customer walks up to the counter: "Give me a pound of Polish sausage."

Counter guy, "Y'know...I'll betcha you're Polish."

Customer, "What did you just say to me? You bet I'm Polish? Why would you suggest that I'm polish? I DEMAND AN EXPLANATION WHY YOU WOULD SAY I'M POLISH JUST BECAUSE I CAME IN HERE AND ORDERED A POUND OF POLISH SAUSAGE!!!!!!!"

Counter guy, "Because this is a hardware store."

If it was a hardware store he could have got some sausage polish, it's on the same shelf as the prop wash.

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[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

LOL!

Good to see there's people with discriminating tastes here

Did you hear about the Polack who went to the doctor and asked him for advice on how to improve his sex life?

The doctor told him to jog ten miles a day, for seven days. Then call him.

A week later, the Polack telephoned. "Well," asked the doctor, "has jogging improved your sex life?"

"I don't know," said the Polack. "I'm seventy miles from home."

Pete

HAHAH!!!

Y'know what his wife puts behind her ears to make herself more attractive to him?

Her ankles.

[piece-itpete]

BAM!

Bad posters! Bad!

Pete

[merrylander]

I understand that summer is a big thing in Wasilla.

It is their favorite day of the year.