Humour airplanes and women

"Skywise" wrote in message
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"Dan Luke" wrote in news:11skm3qcv2cqg90
@news.supernews.com:
The jokes are tasteless and stupid and do reflect a kind of boneheaded
good-ol'-boyism that infects aviation to an excessive degree.

The howls of protest and cries of "politically correct!" that greeted
your post are illustrative.

Hang in there, Pete.

I forget where I heard this, but I'm pretty sure it was a
radio talk show host. He said something along the lines of,

"If I say something that offends you, that's not *my*
problem. It's *yours*. I'm not the one who is offended".

Well, by that reasoning, everyone who's offended by Pete's criticism should
understand that that's *their* problem, not Pete's.

But of course, that reasoning--like the PC label--is applied very
selectively. The anti-PC crowd seems to believe that it's ok to express
*their* opinions, but anyone who dares to question or criticize the tenets
of right-wing political orthodoxy is offensive and out of line ("feel free
to end your life" rather than voicing an objection--that's how Grumman-581
summarized it elsewhere in this thread).

--Gary

"Gary Drescher" wrote in
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"Skywise" wrote in message
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"Dan Luke" wrote in news:11skm3qcv2cqg90
@news.supernews.com:
The jokes are tasteless and stupid and do reflect a kind of boneheaded
good-ol'-boyism that infects aviation to an excessive degree.

The howls of protest and cries of "politically correct!" that greeted
your post are illustrative.

Hang in there, Pete.

I forget where I heard this, but I'm pretty sure it was a
radio talk show host. He said something along the lines of,

"If I say something that offends you, that's not *my*
problem. It's *yours*. I'm not the one who is offended".

Well, by that reasoning, everyone who's offended by Pete's criticism
should understand that that's *their* problem, not Pete's.
Snipola

You're absolutely right. Which is why after I let loose on him
I've decided to just ignore the ******* from now on, hence solving
my problem.

But I brought it up to point out that it is *his* problem if he is
offended by the original joke. If he doesn't like it, he needs to do
something to change *his* situation so he will no longer be exposed
to that which offends him - and I don't mean forcing his opinion of
what is offensive or not onto everyone else.

If there's one place in this world where you are bound to run into
something "offensive" much sooner than later, it's on the internet.
People need to "grow up" and "get over it" and "move on".

Brian
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"Skywise" wrote in message
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But I brought it up to point out that it is *his* problem if he is
offended by the original joke. If he doesn't like it, he needs to do
something to change *his* situation so he will no longer be exposed
to that which offends him - and I don't mean forcing his opinion of
what is offensive or not onto everyone else.

Given the original joke, he needs to change his meds!