Curious.....

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Curious.....
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Thu, 04-12-2007 - 6:22pm

I've been thinking about the recent discussion about "opinions" and the Imus case comes to mind as an example, an extreme example for sure...but an example none the less.


Here's a link to one of the many stories about this issue


http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/09/imus.ap/index.html?eref=ew?cid=CNN+Showbiz+Feed


So is it true, if someone

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 07-26-2006
In reply to: pumpkinangel
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 2:19pm

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No...nor did I say that.

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Why not?

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I dont know how this relates. Can you explain.

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Sure there is. You change realtors. This isnt hard.

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In this case you wouldnt back talk. (For the record police dont pull you over for no reason) If they do pull you over there is a reason. If you question that reason then you write down his badge number and report him.

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See above.

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Why would it?

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In reply to: pumpkinangel
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 2:22pm

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In reply to: pumpkinangel
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 2:27pm
Yes. It takes one person's experience with boys and applies it to all boys. It's a stereotype that boys do ridiculous things. I agree it is funny. But it plays on a stereotype.


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Registered: 11-15-2006
In reply to: pumpkinangel
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 2:35pm
Yes, no one is laughing at them, they are laughing at the joke and if they take it personal yes, it is their porblem.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
In reply to: pumpkinangel
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 2:38pm

Actually, you said it.

PumpkinAngel

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In reply to: pumpkinangel
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 2:44pm

Actually, no I don't think so.


It states, things I learned from my boys, from a mother in Texas.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
In reply to: pumpkinangel
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 2:46pm

So you think it's perfectly acceptable to laugh at others based on race, religion or physical appearance and if the person you are laughing at, has a problem with that, oh well?


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 12-07-2003
In reply to: pumpkinangel
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 2:49pm
But it also says "Had Boys, Have Boys, Thinking About Boys" at the beginning, which implies to me that the person writing this thought that other people would read it and say "yup, boys will be boys." What about the little boy that doesn't do these types of things? Couldn't he feel that he must not be normal if he doesn't like to do stuff like that?


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In reply to: pumpkinangel
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 2:57pm

<<But it also says "Had Boys, Have Boys, Thinking About Boys" at the beginning, which implies to me that the person writing this thought that other people would read it and say "yup, boys will be boys." What about the little boy that doesn't do these types of things? Couldn't he feel that he must not be normal if he doesn't like to do stuff like that?>>


As a mother of boys, I read it thinking...yep, did that, that, that, not that, that....well, you get the idea.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 12-07-2003
In reply to: pumpkinangel
Fri, 04-20-2007 - 3:07pm

So it's okay if I were to write a joke something like:

All the blondes I work with--

call the tech guys to fix their computers when they simply needed to be turned on.

--insert other blonde jokes here--

and send to anyone who knows blondes or is blonde.

Since it is based on *my* experience and is 100% true for me, it's okay, right?



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