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- From: 00bwanderson@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.humor
- Subject: Re: Credit Validation
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.232505.13333@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 04:25:05 GMT
- References: <NAEEM.92Dec29104546@occs.cs.oberlin.edu><1992Dec30.204617.21122@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu> <NAEEM.92Dec30195605@occs.cs.oberlin.edu>
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- In article <NAEEM.92Dec30195605@occs.cs.oberlin.edu>, naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen) writes:
- > In article <1992Dec30.204617.21122@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu> davidk@welch.jhu.edu (David Kitaguchi) writes:
- >
- >
- >
- > In article 92Dec29104546@occs.cs.oberlin.edu, naeem@occs.cs.oberlin.edu (Naeem Mohaiemen) writes:
- > > "Lady! Lady! I have been fingering you for 10 minutes and you
- > > haven't come yet!"
- > >-----
- > >Although true stories, passing around anecdotes like this "for a laugh"
- > >further enhance stereotyping of "foreigner"s as speaking "funny english".
- > >
- > >Naeem Mohaiemen
- >
- > Give me a break..... Those of us who speak English sound just as stupid in
- > the countries of others... A joke is a joke. Eh? No problemo (should be "problema")
- >
- > ------
- > But there is a difference between the scenario where an American tourist
- > goes abroad and "sounds stupid" to people in India and an Indian immigrant
- > living in the Bronx who gets called names such as "Ali Baba" as he goes
- > to work every day.
- >
-
- OK, I'll grant you that's a point. Mind you I don't know of any Indians here
- at BSU who get called Ali Baba, but it's a point. And as an Asian, you would
- be offended by the name "Gook". I understand that too. Such names are
- insensitive and offensive indeed.
-
- However, I can detect nothing offensive (except, as I've said, to the sexually
- prudish) in this story. It was not posted with malicious intent (else he would
- have posted the nationality of the guy who made the funny statement), so let it
- rest. This group has seen its share of flames about this, and god knows why
- I'm involving myself in this one, but here I am.
-
- Just lighten up a little, ok? If you're going to keep this up, leave off
- reading rec.humor...it's obviously not for you.
-
- Bruce
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