Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekchips.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!tektronix!tekchips!wm From: wm@tekchips.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: Re: "Offensive" jokes, minorities, real men, &c. Message-ID: <806@tekchips.UUCP> Date: Sat, 19-May-84 16:53:23 EDT Article-I.D.: tekchips.806 Posted: Sat May 19 16:53:23 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 22-May-84 01:04:38 EDT References: <181@ut-sally.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix, Beaverton OR Lines: 20 I can just see it now... 1- Minority group member sees offensive joke on netnews. 2- Riot starts. 3- Ronnie calls in the Marines. 4- Escalation. 5- Nuclear holocaust. So it seems very reasonable to equate getting offended at a joke with nuclear war. o - | \_/ wm