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From: marlinw@tekcrl.UUCP (Marlin Wilson)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Re: Are jokes really offensive...
Message-ID: <102@tekcrl.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 21-Apr-85 01:55:44 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr 21 01:55:44 1985
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In article <731@whuxlm.UUCP> mag@whuxlm.UUCP (Gray Michael A) writes:
>> 
>> What if you are an Ethiopian in the US and your brother is starving?
>> Do you deserve less cosideration?
>> 
>Yes - If you gave a damn about your starving brother, you wouldn't be
>sitting in America reading net.jokes.
>
>Mike Gray

Oh COME ON!!  Are we (you) trying to make moral platitudes in NET.JOKES??
(There *are* inequalities in this world.  Some deny that.  There are lots of
responses to 'world hunger'.  One could be earning bucks in America and
sending it to those in need.  But, discusing that is not what this group
is for, is it.)

Here's the joke:

Mom and Pop are celebrating their fiftieth anniversary. "Congratulations!,"
says their eldest son.  "I'm sorry I didn't bring you a present, but
I have to confess I spent too much on my new Porsche."

"Ditto", says their youngest son, "But I confess I spent it all on my trip
to Tahiti."

"Well," says their father, "I also have a confession to make.  When your
mother and I fell in love, we were so poor we couldn't afford a marriage
license."

"Are you telling us we're BASTARDS?" say the two sons.

"Yup," says their mother, "And cheap ones at that!"

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Marlin Wilson (I sign my name to this?)
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