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From: padpowell@wateng.UUCP (PAD Powell [Admin])
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: BLKTRAN (offensive to blacks)
Message-ID: <455@wateng.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 23-Oct-83 08:02:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: wateng.455
Posted: Sun Oct 23 08:02:50 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 24-Oct-83 00:28:27 EDT
References: cmcl2.34095, <295@dartvax.UUCP>
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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Over the last couple of years,  the various racial and ethnic groups in my
family have been discussed and various rather offensive (but funny!) jokes
told:
White
Black
Japanese
Irish
English
Scottish
Polish  (Especially Polish!)
Catholic
Protestant (Anglican, Presbyterian)

I have not restricted news distribution because of them,  but I have a rather
open mind about some of these things.   Mainly the jokes had the redeeming
feature of being funny.  The BLKTRAN was funny in places,  but was too long
in the same type of joke.   This soon causes jokes to stop being funny and
start being offensive.  Sort of like tickling:  a few seconds is fine,
but 5 minutes can be quite hideous.

Patrick Powell
WATENG System Dictator Pro Tem