"Wolfgang" wrote in message
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"Lazarus Cooke" wrote in message
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In article , B J Conner
wrote:

Well that wasn't good, amusing or intellectual - now wonder people
report
you to your ISP
Another drunk irishman with a rhyming dictionary, boring at best.

This is the umpteenth piece of abuse from a roffian aimed at someone's
nationality. Sadly, I think, all of it has come from Americans, aimed
at other nationalities.


Here in the U.S. you can tell a lot about the social standing of various
ethnic, national, economic, religious and other groups by common reactions
to stereotypes and, more particularly, humor based on stereotypes
concerning
the members of such groups. Swedes and Norwegians (remember Ole and
Lena?)
are the butt of a lot of jokes in Minnesota.....Finns in Michigan's upper
peninsula.....etc. The Irish were an especially large immigrant group who
dispersed more widely in the U.S. than most others. Interestingly, the
odds
are typically very good that persons telling such jokes include the butts
among their ancestors. There are exceptions of course. When the common
reaction to such humor among the population as a whole is disapproving
it's
a safe bet that the group in question has not yet "arrived" at social
equality. Disparaging jokes about groups lumped together as "Arabic" are
common these days. Regardless of the body of evidence suggesting that
such
are met with near universal approval, this is simply not so. Most of us
are
a lot more tolerant and thoughtful than the vocal minority make apparent.

Every year at about this time, tens of millions of people in America.....a
great many more than immigration records would support.....suddenly
rediscover (if only for a few days) their Irish roots. The Irish suffered
horrible discrimination due to prejudice here during the years of their
great diaspora. Today, nobody much gives a ****. Meanwhile, most of
those
millions find St. Patrick's Day celebrations sufficient reason to go out
and
get drunk. Whatever.

Anyway......Conner......hm......what the hell kinda name is that, anyway?

Wolfgang
pretzel bender to the stars.



"I don't care who calls who a sonofabitch, but I won't stand for anyone
calling someone an English sonofabitch or an American sonofabitch."
(Ike)

Lazarus

--
Remover the rock from the email address

It would be nother irish or soctch -irush, It doesn't matter unless your
overly senstiive.

An Irishman walking along the shore notices an old lamp lying among the
rocks. He picks it up, rubs the dirt off of it and a genie comes out of the
lamp. The genie tells the Irishman he
will grant him three wishes. The Irishman says "Well first off, I'd like a
bottle of Guiness that never goes dry". "Done" says the genie, and the
Irishman is holding a bottle of Guiness.
The Irishman promptly drinks it down and watches in delight as it magically
fills back up. Again he drinks it down and watches it fill up. A third time
he drinks it down, and by now the
genie is becoming impatient. "So what do you want for your other two
wishes"? askes the irritated genie. "Oh", replies the Irishman, "Just give
me another two bottles like this one".







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