Sat Dec 24, 2005 9:25 pm
skizzy the wonder lizard wrote:oh please. if someone had said "muslims are lame" or "christians are cruel" or "blacks are lazy" they would have been jumped on. even though it's only an opinion.
calling someone's religion boring is insulting.
I'm going to have to agree with that. Just because JW's are under-represented at PPT doesn't mean we should make exceptions.
Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:18 pm
Xil wrote:Igg wrote:While I'm here, gay is a virus that needs to be eradicated.
Man, Iggilocks, you're gold.
Did I mention that muslims are lame and hate the western world?
Good grief.
And on that note, a muslim girlI know sent me a christmas present, which I thought was extra-lovely considering she doesn't celebrate it.
I realise this sounds like a 'I can't be racist, some of my best friends are black! Really!' speech but whatever.
Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:43 pm
Igg wrote:Xil wrote:Igg wrote:While I'm here, gay is a virus that needs to be eradicated.
Man, Iggilocks, you're gold.
Did I mention that muslims are lame and hate the western world?
Good grief.
And on that note, a muslim girlI know sent me a christmas present, which I thought was extra-lovely considering she doesn't celebrate it.
I realise this sounds like a 'I can't be racist, some of my best friends are black! Really!' speech but whatever.
OMGRACIST!!!
Honestly people, get over yourselves. Igg's having a joke. She didn't mean that JW are boring or that gay is a virus.
But on that note, it is and it should. WE NEED AN ANTIVIRUS NOW! NEVER MIND BIRD FLU! (PS, for those who can't tell, I'm kidding.)
Sun Dec 25, 2005 5:43 pm
Satan Claus wrote:Honestly people, get over yourselves. Igg's having a joke. She didn't mean that JW are boring or that gay is a virus.
so what if she's kidding? do you laugh at racist jokes? just having a bit of fun? jokes at the expense of another group of people are not okay just because they're jokes. i don't have to "get over" discrimination no matter how "fun" it is.
Sun Dec 25, 2005 6:05 pm
I thionk I've said this before, but I'll say it again- as far as I'm concerned, anything is fair game. Including myself. I don't think that's discriminatory. But then, bad taste is almost obselete for me.
There aren't many funny things you can say about Hungarians though. 'AHAHA THEY HAVE POT BELLIES' gets old after a bit, I guess.
I shall stop now though- it will just descend into me getting increasingly irritated and making many sarcastic comments/'offensive' jokes and so on in an endless loop of rage and good humour and then some bad humour.
There aren't many funny things you can say about Hungarians though. 'AHAHA THEY HAVE POT BELLIES' gets old after a bit, I guess.
I shall stop now though- it will just descend into me getting increasingly irritated and making many sarcastic comments/'offensive' jokes and so on in an endless loop of rage and good humour and then some bad humour.
Sun Dec 25, 2005 11:47 pm
I do laugh at racist jokes, but racist jokes aren't allowed at PPT.
Mon Dec 26, 2005 4:18 am
I celebrate Christmass, yay prezzies x3
Mon Dec 26, 2005 1:35 pm
Jehovah's witness are boring though. I mean, this guy asks me what im getting up to over the next few weeks, and I tell him i'm excited about christmas and my birthday. Har har, we both had a bit of a laugh about that.
Seriously though skizzy, you realise that most jokes are at someone elses expense, dont you? And that they aren't malicious, and in fact turn little peculiarities about people into something amusing? I've never seen anyone get offended by an "englishman, an irishman and a scotsman are playing golf.." joke. Irish people aren't all always drunk, all the time, but they can enjoy the jokes because they have a vague basis in reality.
Stop trying to take a moral highground against the DORKSIDED Igg and attempt to turn everything into discrimination. As far as I can see, there's nothing wrong with making a joke about the english gentry, "fisticuffs, what what?" nothing wrong with laughing at the stereotypical mafia character, "you come in here, disrespectin' me?" and nothing wrong with laughing at ice cube shouting "nigga PLEASE" because in NONE of these instances are you saying "KILL ALL THE BLACKS" or "I HATE JEWS", you are poking fun at the little nuances of people's behaviour.
You're like the epitome of political correctness, albeit with too much christianity cologne.
Seriously though skizzy, you realise that most jokes are at someone elses expense, dont you? And that they aren't malicious, and in fact turn little peculiarities about people into something amusing? I've never seen anyone get offended by an "englishman, an irishman and a scotsman are playing golf.." joke. Irish people aren't all always drunk, all the time, but they can enjoy the jokes because they have a vague basis in reality.
Stop trying to take a moral highground against the DORKSIDED Igg and attempt to turn everything into discrimination. As far as I can see, there's nothing wrong with making a joke about the english gentry, "fisticuffs, what what?" nothing wrong with laughing at the stereotypical mafia character, "you come in here, disrespectin' me?" and nothing wrong with laughing at ice cube shouting "nigga PLEASE" because in NONE of these instances are you saying "KILL ALL THE BLACKS" or "I HATE JEWS", you are poking fun at the little nuances of people's behaviour.
You're like the epitome of political correctness, albeit with too much christianity cologne.
Mon Dec 26, 2005 6:58 pm
It's less about PC and humour and more about how making fun of religion is against PPT rules.
Mon Dec 26, 2005 7:05 pm
*cracks head against desk*
Apologies to any Jehovah's witnesses, muslims, Hungarians etc. who were offended by anything I said with my tongue lodged firmly in my cheek.
Apologies to any Jehovah's witnesses, muslims, Hungarians etc. who were offended by anything I said with my tongue lodged firmly in my cheek.
Mon Dec 26, 2005 7:17 pm
Igg wrote:*cracks head against desk*
Apologies to any Jehovah's witnesses, muslims, Hungarians etc. who were offended by anything I said with my tongue lodged firmly in my cheek.
Dont bother, as a hungarian muslim who converted from the path of jehovah, it's safe to say I've been thoroughly offended.
Mon Dec 26, 2005 8:32 pm
Oh, God. I've started an argument on page four. <__<
Mon Dec 26, 2005 9:13 pm
DM was on fire! wrote:Oh, God. I've started an argument on page four. <__<
Please don't use Gods name in vain
It breaks the Third Commandment.
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Mon Dec 26, 2005 10:06 pm
Ha, you had to check that. You're just a poser christian, using jesus to get the girls.
Which is actually what a guy at school is trying. Needless to say, he's failing.
Which is actually what a guy at school is trying. Needless to say, he's failing.
Mon Dec 26, 2005 11:05 pm
From the list given, I recognize: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Tet, Yule/Winter Solstice. I may not truly celebrate all of them, but I do try to do something for each: Christmas is required, since the family is Christian, but love their Pagan holiday (do the research. I am justified to say what I did); I adopted Kwanzaa a couple years back since it was different; and Tet is required by me since I converted to Buddhism-Daoism. Also given a bow is Tenno Tanjobi (the Emperor's Birthday in Japan) and Daoist rites. Peace! 
