Posted by Lou Pilder on February 1, 2003, at 19:42:11
In reply to Re: Ethnic Jokes, posted by NikkiT2 on February 1, 2003, at 17:11:00
NikkiT2,
You wrote, [...ALL jokes make fun of someone or something...]. That is why I asked you to clarify, [...are you saying, then, that posts that make fun of people, are to be permitted to be posted here because, in general,you can not think of a joke that does not...]?
You now write that [...I did not say this was acceptable or unacceptable...]. That is why I had asked you for clarification, because you left that part unclarified.
But on a different note, I am objecting to this board allowing posts that demean peoples. I objected in the past to the posts demeaning Islamic people. I objected in the past to posts that defame Jewish people. I objected in the past to a post that offered a link to a web site from a political person that posted hate to others including jews. And I have objected to other posts. I am objecting to the post here that now writes about "rednecks" and portreys them in a demeaning manner.I believe, and I have seen the damage done to our young people by others, that think that they commit harmlessness by defaming others under the banner of "joking". To me , I beieve, IMHO, that there should not be allowed these type of posts here for they could be detrimental to the mental health of our young people and that is why I had asked you for clarification. I do not see that those type of posts are "jokes". I do not believe that to make fun of people or to ridicule people is funny at all. I consider "making fun of people" and "jokes that make fun of people" are equilvalent. If you do not mind being the target of an "ethnic joke", then this for you to decide. But I want this board to prohibit those type of posts because there are people that could be hurt by those type of posts , even adults, and I believe that we should be aware of that and consider the sensitivity of others. And Dr. Bob states something similar in his rules for posting. And I wholheartedly agree with him. I do not believe that [all] jokes make fun of people or something. That is an imparitive that ,if true, could allow all kinds of hatred to others on the guise of "joking" and this board could be a haven for hate for the posters that wanted to promulgate hate could put their hate in the form of a joke, and I am dedicated to doing whatever I must do within the bounds of legality to prevent that from happening here. That is why I had asked you for clarification.
Lou
poster:Lou Pilder
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