come one guys, he was not being a racist, it was actually amusing. You guys take things WAY TOO seriously…(oh wait I do to..oops)
oh wait! i know why i hate them! they demolished all those buddhas.
But they’ll never destroy the Buddha in you…
in defense of Fish
he did say that he does condemn racism, and further stated that “some of YOU (ie. but definitely not him) might appeciate it”. I think this is him merely sharing something to friends… and does not reflect on him personally.
I thought the joke was insensitive, grisly, and in poor taste.
Just like a joke should be; I loved it.
I was just kidding fish earlier. I’m sure he doesn’t really hate those kids with the disease that makes them look old.
Fish you have offened me!!!
not saying he’s a racist. he may be a bum and a scoundrel and a taco bell employee, but racism is a different issue.
and i know it was a joke. i have a million such jokes (actually, 817,436, but who’s counting?). and i think they’re all good in certain circumstances. i just find it in distaste when people say, i know this is bad, but …
it’s like those wonderful dads who say “i’m doing this for your own good” when they beat the shît out of you. i think it’s a cheap way of getting away with something you really shouldn’t.
again, i’m not hating here. i just got flowers from my sweetie, so drinks are on me.
It was a joke.
By their very nature, most jokes are offensive to someone.
Lighten up and try not to take everything so seriously guys 
“he may be a bum and a scoundrel and a taco bell employee”
D@mn, it’s like you’re reading my mind (i am currently between fast food positions at the moment though)
I think some of you could lighten up…still i apologise to anyone who’s genuinely offended (incl sharky)
I don’t hate Arabs
BTW
Q) what did the poor little deaf blind and dumb girl get for christmas?
A) Leukaemia
Get off the moral high ground Sharky.
I expect your opinion of Badger for beng racist is probably about as low as Spectre’s opinion of you for being sexist, and you’re proud enough of that to make it your signature.
And Badger is right about your use of the word ‘gay’ in a negative context.
People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
And knickerless girls shouldn’t climb trees.
And while we’re at it, how come a thread about death metal and six packs on girls (very tenuously KungFu related) gets deleted, and one with a racist joke gets left on?
Well the joke made me laugh when I read it, but the comments by some people after didn’t.
The current arabic/islamic mindset is to irradicate Americans and the whole of “Western Civilisation” from the face of the earth.
It will be the poor little PC people that will be sucked in first because of their goody twoshoes love thine enemy attitude.
We’re at WAR with these people for Fu-ck sake!
Hows about a little solidarity with our boys who are risking their lives so give us the freedom to argue about these things in the first place.
I bet if you told that joke to the guys on a US aircraft carrier they’d laugh! Does that mean they’re all racists and bigots?
These comments do NOT make me a racist. They make me a patriot!
C…
I’m now sitting back waiting for all the “Your a racist” shi-te that is going to be thrown at me.
Throw away it don’t stick!!
You know, I was just kidding fish about the racist thing. However, the joke wasn’t all that, anyway.
However, Colin, if telling a joke even those who laugh at consider just another dumb joke is an act of patriotism, then patriotism really has gone down hill over the years. I don’t think finding a joke to be funny is “showing solidarity” for our soldiers, and considering the same joke to be somewhat lame, if it is, is not supporting the enemy.
I find the joke about bin lauden and custer funny. The one at the beginning of this thread, I didn’t. I wasn’t outrageously offended, but I’m not arab. Am I supposed to lower my standards at wartime?
BTW Colin, I’m glad you let me know that the arab world wants western civ destroyed, and not just some extremists within the arab world. Glad we could confine this discussion to a rational level.
Final point: the joke was about arabs, not afghanis, if I recall right. There’s a number of arab countries we’re not at war with right now. Am I supporting the troops if I dis those countries?
Anyway, the joke wasn’t worth all this. Someone liven this up with a better off-color joke, please.
Arabs,afghanis -Same thing. They all suck.
Badger
“Someone liven this up with a better off-color joke, please.”
Your wish is my command!
‘How are the Leonids like taking a bath in prison?’
‘It’s a meatier shower!’
nyuck nyuck nyuck.
By the way Colin, your remarks are illinformed, as KCElbows has pointed out. The alleged declaration of war by congress was in fact no such thing, since no nation was named.
"Hows about a little solidarity with our boys who are risking their lives so give us the freedom to argue about these things in the first place. "
Absurd. We already have our freedoms, although they are being not-so-slowly chipped away by pro-war politicians like John Ashcroft. The war on terrorism has been the worst thing for American’s freedom in my lifetime. Secret military tribunals with no appeal, search and seizure without cause, unlimited wiretapping capabilities, arrests without facing one’s accuser or being informed of the charge. Does that sound like freedom or tyranny to you?
Put down the flag and pick up a non-mainstream media source, like The Nation, Salon, In These Times, FAIR, TomPaine.com, etc.. Learn the facts before you obey. Otherwise it is blind obedience, and that will get you killed, fast.
The Feds are onto me!!!
I watched Jay Leno and didn’t laugh once, and now they’re looking for me. If anyone asks, you didn’t see me here.
Is it safe?
let’s even things out
since it doesn’t seem like we’re going to agree on anything, i’ll at least try to bring some balance to the force with this:
why did the white man cross the road?
to exploit the land and its people.
god, i love that joke, even as a white guy.
<Cornholio voice>
Are you mocking me!??!!?
</cornholio>
Rub, I am offended by that joke, as it failed to mention the billions in financial aid the white man contributed after exploiting the land and its people.
Anyway, it wasn’t really a road, just a dirt path between two hovels full of starving kids, and they were just squaters anyway, **** freeloaders!!
OK, I can’t answer all points individually as i’ll be here all day so:
Osma bin-Liner has declared war on the west. FACT
Al-qaeda has stated it’s primary objective is to bring down western civilisation. FACT
Jeeessssssh! open your eyes and look around you.
A joke is not patriotic or otherwise. What i’m saying is that to tell a politically incorrect joke does not make a person a racist.
KCelbows:“BTW Colin, I’m glad you let me know that the arab world wants western civ destroyed, and not just some extremists within the arab world. Glad we could confine this discussion to a rational level.”
HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO! Kindly remove head from ass and take alook around you. Neither You nor I can differenciate between who is and who isn’t an extremist.
NEVER in the wildest dreams/nightmares of the average American did anyone think something like the WTC attack would take place. But the people that did it were living amongst you and you friends for many months, if not years. So call me paranoid if you want.
The liberalism of our softly softly approach to these people means that they can live amongst us, plotting to destroy us and we are powerless to defend ourselves.
To chang style novice: You want the facts, yet you suggest reading anachist leftwing anti-establishment propaganda rags to get an “impartial view”.
I assume you are still a college student, as you still talk the way most of us did while at college.
But trust me when you get you there in the real world you will see the truth!
Anyway I thought the initial joke was funny so there!
And my dads bigger than your dad!
And my brothers an astronaut.
And And…
Quiet Colin, we’re talking about white folk now.
Just kidding.
Anyway, thank you for spelling hello so expressively. Now, a few isolated extremists acting in our country does not a racewide conspiracy make. Plus, if we alienate all the American-Arabs, exactly who is going to be our spies in the middle east? Nordic Minnesotans? Germans from Wisconsin? I can see it now:
TERRORIST GUARD: In the name of Allah, who goes there?
NORDIC MINNESOTAN SPY: Hey dere! You look like the fella who could help me. Have you seen Ossama Bin Lauden?
TERRORIST GUARD: Declare yourself!
NORDIC MINNESOTAN SPY: You betcha! I’m Saladin Emir Christiansen, guud to meetya. Hey, is that a beirgarden?
BANG!!