Way off topic, but it has do to with the French

On Mar 5, 10:03*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
I like a good joke, and I found the original post pretty clever. *But
I only take it as a joke, and I don't take the underlying stereotypes
seriously. * Your posts attempt to show why the jokes and stereotypes
are actually justified. *I didn't find the original joke offensive,
but your posts I definitely find offensive.

Your hypersensitivity aside, I'm trying to explain to you WHY the French are
the butt of jokes in America. *Whether you choose to listen or not is
irrelevant, and we haven't even begun to discuss whether I believe the jokes
are justified.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

It doesn't require hypersensitivity when someone is so glaringly
offensive. Nearly everyone on this thread has been trying to point
out to you that the French are not really different (better or worse)
than any other nationality on this planet, but no one can get through
to you. You are the one choosing not to listen, Jay.

Phil

It doesn't require hypersensitivity when someone is so glaringly
offensive. Nearly everyone on this thread has been trying to point
out to you that the French are not really different (better or worse)
than any other nationality on this planet, but no one can get through
to you. You are the one choosing not to listen, Jay.

No, Phil -- you're just not grasping the content of the conversation, which
is a dispassionate analysis of *why* the French are the butt of so many
jokes in America. Apparently you think that to discuss this phenomenon is
to somehow agree with it -- which is silly and just plain wrong.

As an aside, it is this national inability to discuss things dispassionately
that has lead to the near-complete polarization of the American political
climate. Almost no topic can be discussed or analyzed without *someone*
making it into a personal affront -- and then dialogue just becomes noisy
shouting with no compromise.

There is an interesting analysis of this phenomenon in Newsweek this week
WRT the passing of William F. Buckley. In his hey-day, Buckley would
invite people from all ends of the social and political spectrum to his show
(and into his home) to politely and intellectually discuss all manner of
topics -- and they would actually be able to debate the issues without
descending into chaos, the way the talk shows do today. It was so
incredibly civilized, and stands in stark contrast to the way EVERYTHING is
taken personally nowadays.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:Wh3Aj.64813$yE1.59750@attbi_s21:

It doesn't require hypersensitivity when someone is so glaringly
offensive. Nearly everyone on this thread has been trying to point
out to you that the French are not really different (better or worse)
than any other nationality on this planet, but no one can get through
to you. You are the one choosing not to listen, Jay.

No, Phil -- you're just not grasping the content of the conversation,
which is a dispassionate analysis of *why* the French are the butt of
so many jokes in America. =


It's becaquse they wouldn;t toe the line and kiss your master's ass you
racist piece of ****.

Bertie

On Mar 6, 10:13*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
No, Phil -- you're just not grasping the content of the conversation, which
is a dispassionate analysis of *why* the French are the butt of so many
jokes in America. *Apparently you think that to discuss this phenomenon is
to somehow agree with it -- which is silly and just plain wrong.


If someone dispassionately says something which is a load of garbage
(which is what you have been doing), then others can dispassionately
tell him it is a load of garbage, which is what so many on this thread
have been doing. That isn't the same as saying it shouldn't be
discussed, which no one here has done. As far as agreeing with the
phenomenon, _you_ are the one who said the French are arrogant,
ignoble, and irrelevant. Are you claiming you don't agree with
yourself now??

As an aside, it is this national inability to discuss things dispassionately
that has lead to the near-complete polarization of the American political
climate. *Almost no topic can be discussed or analyzed without *someone*
making it into a personal affront -- and then dialogue just becomes noisy
shouting with no compromise.


Last time I looked, we were having a discussion, Jay. We're over 300
posts in this thread. That isn't a discussion?

There is an interesting analysis of this phenomenon in Newsweek this week
WRT the passing of William F. Buckley. * In his hey-day, Buckley would
invite people from all ends of the social and political spectrum to his show
(and into his home) to politely and intellectually discuss all manner of
topics -- and they would actually be able to debate the issues without
descending into chaos, the way the talk shows do today. * It was so
incredibly civilized, and stands in stark contrast to the way EVERYTHING is
taken personally nowadays.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Then I will leave you with a quote from Mr Buckley that I think
applies to much of what you have said so far. "I won't insult your
intelligence by asking you if you really believe what you just said."
BTW, that is just a civilized way of saying "I think what you just
said is a load of garbage."

Phil