Subject: Re: [lpny_manhattan]  Joe's Verbal Transgression : was Re: Digest Number 1161
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 13:03:36 -0500
To:        <lpny_manhattan@yahoogroups.com>
From:     Bob Armstrong <bob@cosy.com>
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 17:32:33 -0000, Andrea Snell wrote:
>=A0The ban is really about keeping the incidence of lung cancer,
>=A0sinusitis and a host of other ailments down, people more=
 perceptive
>=A0than yourself understood that.

 Bull !
 It is about projecting power over an unorganized minority .

 Have you ever met any of the health Nazi bastards ?

>=A0I'm just repeating what I've heard African Americans say about=
 it -
>=A0in a lot of different situations. Don't take my word for it -=
 why not
>=A0go down to the Nuyorican on a friday night and see if they=
 appreciate
>=A0the metaphor.

 Great idea .  Bowery Poetry Club which  Brer Brian pushes is
 another venue to spark the conversation .

>=A0And just so it's clear, no I don't think there should be laws=
 against
>=A0using racial slurs.
>
>=A0And do you think my point would have been reported had I
>=A0>=A0expressed myself more gently? =A0I don't. =A0Mr. Bulger reported=
 it as
>=A0a way of saying,
>=A0>=A0"Ooo! =A0Ooo! =A0He said 'nigger'!"
>
>=A0Actually I think what he was saying was " Look! What an idiot"

 I agree with Joe . It was "Ooo! =A0Ooo! [ a honky suit ] said=
 'nigger'!"

>=A0but instead he caused a lot of people to look
>=A0>=A0at my comment in context and say "Damn right."
>
>=A0and a lot of them thought " I guess those Guns for Tots guys=
 are
>=A0racists after all"

 And a hell of a lot also must have seen it as a vivid analogy=
 by
 somebody who's past all that double standard PC BS .

....

 You youngsters seem much more accepting of the linguistic=
 bleaching
 of the last 30 years .

 Now if Joe had said  we're all Bloombutt's Jungle Bunnies ...  

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