Vrede wrote: "Antisemitic is what we're saying the "joke" author and you are, Mr.B, not the teacher."
Like I said...it's a joke; get a grip and come on down off your "I'm offended" soapboxes. You're beginning to sound like Ombudsman.
See now that's funny. That coming from the guy who gets his shorts in a wad over grownups swearing. But now I'm just laughing at you, not with you as you had hoped with your anti-semitic joke.
How about this one?
Q: Why is it the mentally ill don't send Christmas cards?
A: Because they're too busy on their knees praying.
Is this "just a joke" or is at an anti-Christian joke?
Ombudsman wrote: "Is this "just a joke" or is at an anti-Christian joke?"
In the mind of an atheist, it's simply a joke; not necessarily anti-Christian....anti-religion in general. Really nothing to get one's bowels roused.
Yours is a slur on the mentally ill.
I could turn that into:
Q: Why is it the mentally ill don't send Christmas cards?
A: Because atheists don't believe in Christmas.
I believe "sometimes earned" has its origins hundreds of years ago when charging interest was banned for Christians but such lending was necessary for the development of capitalism.
Well, there is that well-known goy with a Jewish name, Bernie Madoff, not to mention Goldman and Sachs and many of those who continue to run the firm in their names.
Vrede wrote:I don't see, "Sammy, since you're Jewish, I guess your family didn't celebrate Christmas," as being as laden with malicious intent as you do. We'd have to know a broader context before deeming it "stupid and culturally ignorant".
"Stupid and culturally ignorant" does not necessarily equal "malicious intent." But let's see, the teacher apparently knew Sammy was Jewish. She thought he probably didn't celebrate Christmas. Wouldn't it have been reasonable to ask him about Hanukkah? Saying "I guess your family didn't celebrate Christmas" shows an ignorance both of Sammy's actual practices as well as what practices might reasonably be expected of a Jewish family.
That argument only makes sense if this were a true story and not a joke. The teacher is fictional. The author of the joke and the one telling it are not. The joke is clearly playing on the greedy Jew stereotype. Doesn't matter what the teacher's personal shortcomings are, because…well, she isn't real.
Understood. But if we weren't discussing it as if she were real, there wouldn't be much point in discussing it.
Vrede wrote:I don't see, "Sammy, since you're Jewish, I guess your family didn't celebrate Christmas," as being as laden with malicious intent as you do. We'd have to know a broader context before deeming it "stupid and culturally ignorant".
"Stupid and culturally ignorant" does not necessarily equal "malicious intent." But let's see, the teacher apparently knew Sammy was Jewish. She thought he probably didn't celebrate Christmas. Wouldn't it have been reasonable to ask him about Hanukkah? Saying "I guess your family didn't celebrate Christmas" shows an ignorance both of Sammy's actual practices as well as what practices might reasonably be expected of a Jewish family.
That argument only makes sense if this were a true story and not a joke. The teacher is fictional. The author of the joke and the one telling it are not. The joke is clearly playing on the greedy Jew stereotype. Doesn't matter what the teacher's personal shortcomings are, because…well, she isn't real.
Understood. But if we weren't discussing it as if she were real, there wouldn't be much point in discussing it.
Vrede wrote: "I hear that confession of and atonement for one's sins, like possibly inadvertent but obvious antisemitism, is really good for one's hopes of getting into Heaven."
You've been duped again. You shouldn't believe everything you hear.
Vrede wrote: "Otoh, it is fun watching you try to twist out of your "joke" being clearly antisemitic."
I'm not attempting to twist out of it; I'm not the one who got all bent out of shape over it, even though I knew I'd probably catch flak over it....that doesn't bother me in the least; I can take the heat from petty gripes.
Vrede wrote: "Otoh, it is fun watching you try to twist out of your "joke" being clearly antisemitic."
I'm not attempting to twist out of it; I'm not the one who got all bent out of shape over it, even though I knew I'd probably catch flak over it....that doesn't bother me in the least; I can take the heat from petty gripes.
LOL - Son you're the only one bent out of shape. The rest of us are just commenting on your anti-semitism. Calm down. It'll be okay.
The hatch should come with a USB cable and device driver. If opened, it should trigger your PC to delete your browser history. And trigger your banking software to make some instant charitable donations before you arrive before the Pearly Gates for judgment.
Keep in mind that according to the Book of Revelation there are only 144,000 that will be saved. Not only are women not in on the thousand year reign of Jesus but those that were "defiled by women" are out of luck. In short, only male virgins need this hatch. They should put that on the packaging. And make sure the device driver works while World of Warcraft is running.
Still, you're bound to be competing with more than 144,000 male virgins on Xbox Live alone. A hatch isn't enough. You need a CANNON, to make sure you arrive at the gates first. Or a gaming chair with ejection seat functionality.
Well, since I've been defiled by women, I'm out. See ya. Reminds me of that tv commercial that I can't remember the sponsor of in which the kid asks grandpa "Grandpa, where do we go when we die?" "In the ground," said grandpa.
