See the current debate on "political correctness"!
I did. The cartoon Hill referenced referred to an Irishman, a Kurd (Arab?), and Russian. All have certain stereotypes associated with them.
Yea, I was a bit too vehement in my denouncement of the undertone I perceived.
It is! If you are going to joke or lampoon based on race, treat everyone equally; don't omit certain minorities because you don't want to appear "racist"!
I paid $80 for a copy (IIRC), and I refer to it often, and recommend it. But not comrade Hills politics!
Some Arabs, not all.
No, I'm just f****ng pissed about people who have projected servility on me my whole life. Hill pushed my "enemy" button. Which means I denounce his offense, not assault him in our great, free America.
The communists are operating in stealth-mode. Bush is even a socialist, if not communist.
How come liberal comedians joke about killing conservative politicians without media outrage?
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The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce
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Please seek help on that, it isn't normal or healthy.
Otherwise you may end up so paranoid you become one of those ultra-right-wing survivalist crazies armed to the teeth in the hills. Or so angry you go postal and shoot loads of people.
Everyone's got a political opinion, it's just that if you are famous there are packs of reporters eager to twist your words into making you look like an extremist because it makes racier news.
Yeah, sometimes you think they should just skip the pretence and just auction the presidency. Instead of counting the votes, count the dollars.
One does get the impression everything gets more extreme in the USA.
Stereotypes usually grow from prototypes.
Most humans have their faults, like racial or sexual bigotry, only in various regional variations.
My own race/nation/society/sex has its faults and I don't mind the odd joke about them. It's called having a sense of humour: being able to tell a joke from a something that deliberately sets out to offend.
Not a bit, a lot.
He merely pointed out a mildly amusing web page that is obviously meant to be taken as a joke. Why not direct some polite constructive comments to the person who put up the page, and send in some suitable photos?
Ridiculing people for their race alone is racist. Ridiculing people for their less than noble behaviour is okay within reason.
That page comes under the latter heading.
Now if it had explicitly said "look how nasty these racial examples are, and you never get anyone that bad in this other race" then that would put it in the former heading.
Political opinions vary. Hurling abuse isn't going to change that.
I'd avoid doing that as a matter of course.
Well that's a pretty good precursor.
People who are bullied or under pressure and see no way out are usually the ones who go on killing sprees ended by a SWAT team.
I personally know two people who have had breakdowns and they were equally wound up and hyper-sensitive. One of them was a gifted engineer, right up till the day when he cycled to work in his soiled underpants.
Nobody minds their car or body having a check up. People shouldn't mind their mind having a check up either.
Spot trouble before sniper rifle and underpant scenarios arise.
Keeping a list of enemies in your head is simply stockpiling anger, not dealing with it.
It's like collecting turds that other people's dogs leave on your lawn, and storing them in your house with the intent of putting them on their owner's lawn, but never being brave enough to do so. You just end up with increasing shit in your house until it explodes.
I'm sure our countries have many good points but I don't kid myself that either are utopian. The louder countries proclaim they are, it's because they have more to deny. The ex Soviet Union for instance.
The communists couldn't run their own society, bankrupting themselves through military expenditure. I doubt they'd have any more success elsewhere. Eastern Europeans are far busier trying to find a wage than subvert the state. They know damn well communism doesn't work.
Stupid ideas are only a worry if there are enough stupid minds for them to take root in. My country tends to tolerate the few dodgy voices because most people here don't take them seriously. If you are seriously worried about America becoming communist, you'd need to worry about stupid people becoming the majority.
Everything is relative I suppose. From outside the USA looking in, it is perceived as having two right wing parties.
Because they are _comedians_ telling _jokes_, not making _serious_ statements.
If you are not a comedian and advocate murder on industrial scale, in anger, then that is something of real concern.
Why not go down the pub with some good mates, blow off steam, bitch about the world, see how cooler heads would handle it (don't put their names on a list of enemies if their opinions differ).
Technology has advanced, and you can now buy fish that glow (albeit due to a gene transplanted from fluorescent jellyfish). All without nuclear hazards.
Now there's a novelty love toy.
Are we talking inflatable rubber, or genetically modified?
If it's the US army, they miss just about everything :->
You'd be mistaken, but there are people who are out in the desert away from their wives for long periods. People have needs, is all I'm saying...
It does, and far too often.
A British camera crew were filming when a USAF plane bombed the wrong crossroads - the one they were on. Their interpreter was killed. Maybe American station don't show video that shows their own side making mistakes.
Everyone makes mistakes in wartime. It just seems that the American rule of thumb is "if in doubt, fire" whereas other armies say "if in doubt, don't fire".
No, I know what you meant.
Yes, that's the military euphemism for being shot at by your own side.
I read in sci.electronics.design that Scott Stephens wrote (in ) about 'chivalry lives?', on Sat, 11 Dec 2004:
Didn't someone come to call just sinners to repentance?
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The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
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If your vocation hasn't involved tax extortion, my respect for you has increased. You now appear to be more than a mere parasite, you are a creator of value.
Your political comments lead me to *assume* you were much less of a creator than it now appears you indeed are, and you have demonstrated my error.
Many profs are Boleshevic deluded fools.
Yea, half the country is nuts, IMHO. And I respect their evaluation of me as nuts. America is great, because we can believe we can all believe we are all nuts, yet live in peace :)
Perhaps! It is self-evident what I am, and what you are.
Peace and Technology Comrade Hill!
The politics will sort itself out at the end of the day, but our contributions to the infrastructure will live on!
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DIY Piezo-Gyro, PCB Drill Bot & More Soon!
http://home.comcast.net/~scottxs/
POLITICS, n.
A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.
The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce
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OK, We'll let you get away with it, just this once ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |
I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
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