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From: bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell)
Newsgroups: news.misc
Subject: The Continuing Crisis (was Sue the Bastard)
Summary: .....are we still spending bandwidth on this schmuck?
Message-ID: <567@whizz.uucp>
Date: 9 Dec 88 07:33:52 GMT
References: <20539@mirror.UUCP> <1991@stiatl.UUCP> <4969@bsu-cs.UUCP> <680@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov>
Organization: Overture Systems Corp - Lake Oswego, Oregon
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In article <680@fcs280s.ncifcrf.gov>, shore@ncifcrf.gov (Melinda Shore) writes:
> into a) assimilating, or b) shutting up.  And personally, I find speaking
> out against oppressive behavior admirable, not objectionable.
> -- 
> Melinda Shore                                    shore@ncifcrf.gov

Me, too. I'm also in favor of motherhood, the flag, and apple pie. But the 
entire issue here hinges on the issue of *whether* a joke which relies upon
racial, religious, or sexual references is, per se, "discriminatory" or, in
your more forceful terms, "oppressive".

Is Don Rickles a "racist"? Well, is he?

Whether one likes his humor or not, Mr. Rickles has never - so far as I know -
drawn serious fire from the Jewish or Black or Puerto Rican or Polish or other
communities like unto what we are witnessing here. I can't recall a single
instance in which he has been accused of "racism". (It may have happened, but
I just don't recall it - does anyone else?). 

How cum? Does he have some kinda special permit issued by the "right people"?
How does one go about applying? Is there a fee? If so, I'll pitch in to help,
since I do think we should all be most concerned if one of our usenet
moderators were actually guilty of practicing humor without a license. Shame!
 
                                                      OVERTURE SYSTEMS CORP. 
                       Bud Hovell                     Operations Specialists
                                                      Lake Oswego, Oregon
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