Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site teddy.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!panda!teddy!rdp From: rdp@teddy.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes,net.jokes.d Subject: THAT article Message-ID: <1781@teddy.UUCP> Date: Mon, 9-Dec-85 11:16:35 EST Article-I.D.: teddy.1781 Posted: Mon Dec 9 11:16:35 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 11-Dec-85 20:58:55 EST Distribution: net Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 111 Xref: linus net.jokes:13094 net.jokes.d:1026 A couple of days ago, I submitted a "test" article to net.jokes, and got exactly the responce I had anticipated. The gist of the article was that I was offended by having to hit extra keys inorder to be offended. The original article went something like: > I object to being offended by some of what goes on in net.jokes. I think > the people that insert jokes about blind people, gays, people dying with > AIDS, cancer victims, Leon Klinghoffer, Ethiopians, poor (?) Jewish girls, > dead small children, past and present political officials, ethnic people, > Texas A&M students, Irish (well, maybe), and others should be shot and > hung out to dry for making sensitive people like myself go through hitting > the control-x key before we can be offended! I think that the trouble you > bastards put us through before we can see what your sick minds contain > should come back to you ten-fold. I am sick and tired of having to decode > your little secret jokes which you obviously try to keep people like me from > seeing. Remember, our SAVIOUR, the LORD JESUS CHRIST, who loves us all as > brothers and sisters doesn't have to use control-x to un-rot13 your filth, > why should we? Well, this is the sort of argument like, "I am offended that porn stores have doors on them, because that means I have to open the door inorder to be offended. The response has been most gratifying. From a Mr. Kevin Chu, we read: > You MUST belong to the moral majority, for they are the > only people who try the be offended, then complain. The WHOLE IDEA > behind the use of the rotaion is to NOT OFFEND people. If you see > a subject line that says "Offensive to gays (ROT13)" or if you see a > posting that looks like "Lbhe pbpx znxrf zl chffl vgpu!", then hit > the 'n' key so you don't have to read it. By the way, why are you using > control-x to decode it? "D" works much better. Anyway, no one is > trying to hide our "secret jokes" from the likes of you God loving > people. Remember, no one is forcing you to read net.jokes. No, Kevin, I find the likes of the Moral Majority even more reprehensible than you could imagine. From Jeff Fronz, I received: > First off, put your discussions in net.jokes.D, not in net.jokes. > > Second off, keep your offensive beliefs to yourself. Just because > you may have been offended (at your own choice) does not mean that > you may offend others (remember, the Bible tells us to turn the > other cheek). > > Third off, Get Real, Pal! It's obvious that your perception of > reality would qualify you for psychosis! > Well, Jeff, do not jokes belong in net.jokes? Also, since you perception of my article was most incorrect, the does that not qualify you for psychosis? I, myself, would not know, I am not a qualified professional in the diagnosis of psychoses (are you?). And, of course, a flurry of the inevitable one-liners: From "mgnetp!mgwess!dgb": > Hit ths shift U the next time jokes comes up that will stop > the sick humor etc. and from "eneevax!kapoor": > The best thing for you to do is unsubscribe to the net. Why the hell do you > read them anyway? One of the least interesting responses was: > I agree with you wholeheartedly. It's truly heartening to see someone > like you, with the LOVE OF GOD in his heart, trying to clean up the > filth in America. This sick humor is just another of satan's tools that > > blah blah blah blah blah (two goddanmed paragraphs of self-righteous > nonsense about how I should be the next Jerry Falwell, etc.) blah blah > blah blah > From "grkermi!andrew", we get a different reaction: > I don't know if you subscribe to net.jokes.d or not, but you've gotten some, > ah, *interesting* responses over there... A disturbingly small minority of the responses have been of the sort: > Boy, watch what slime this article bring out of the woodwork! > [your article] was one of the funniest tongue-in-cheek articles I've > seen yet in net.jokes. Betcha nobody else gets it, tho. Well, people, my experiment has proven most successful. The few of us that seem to appreciate satirical humor are laughing most satisfyingly now. Net.jokes, for me, has finally provided something funny. I will keep receiving the hate mail for some time, I suspect, and I will summarize the most humorous of the flames in a week or two. In the meantime, to those of you who laughed with me, bon chance! to those of you who who got caught with your righteous finger in your upturned noses, have your red face and embarrassment, and join the rest of us in a good laugh, you have been had. To the rest of you who still are offended by my article about being offended about being protected from offensive material, see you the next time around! Dick Pierce