Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!bbn.com!jwalsh From: jwalsh@bbn.com (Jamie Walsh) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: Re: Racist Jokes Message-ID: <32666@bbn.COM> Date: 23 Nov 88 01:51:52 GMT References: <5884@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> <8863@gryphon.COM> <667@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> Sender: news@bbn.COM Reply-To: jwalsh@cc6.BBN.COM (Jamie Walsh) Distribution: na Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 32 In article <667@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov> shore@ncifcrf.gov (Melinda Shore) writes: >I have been offended by what I've seen in rec.humor.funny for quite >some time but haven't said anything, and I was wrong in keeping quiet. I have been so offended by masses of foul-mouthed flamefests by a few offensive people in most of the unmoderated soc.* and talk.* groups that I unsubscribed to them. I suggest you do the same to rec.humor.funny. YOU subscribed to the newsgroup. You are not FORCED to read fetishist pornographic magazines or rec.humor.funny. Stop SUBSCRIBING to material that offends you. I was very offended recently by something that was posted in alt.sex in ROT13 form, but I defend the author's right to post it. I didn't HAVE to keep reading it, I could have hit the 'n' key at any time. I also defend my right to post that it offended me, just as you have every right to post to rec.humor.d that you are offended, but I do not consider that I have any right to demand that what offends me should not be posted, nor do you. >? Is your little joke worth the cost of hurting members of our >community? As I said in a previous article, I do not believe that publication of ethnic jokes promotes any further racism in the community. As far as personal hurt is concerned, posting offensive jokes in ROT13 is the "COMMON POLITENESS" equivalent of not telling jokes in front of a person. -- jamie (jwalsh@cc6.bbn.com) "There's a seeker born every minute."