Humour airplanes and women

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Michelle" wrote in message
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Well I thought they were funny and not offensive....

That's great. But you're one of the rare women who have managed to ignore
or get past the sexism in the aviation industry. That's good for you, but
means you're not exactly representative of women generally.


That's one helluva big hole you been digging here lately Pete ole boy.

In a perfect world, all jokes are equal and none are offensive.

uh, those aren't jokes. The basis of humor is generally to make light of
someone's shortcomings....sometimes it's self-deprecating and the joke
teller is the butt. Other times, it's about a person (in this case women)
and most every time hyperbole is involved......Sorry, but humor is
discriminatory by definition.

If Utopia requires me to give up my differences (the good and the bad), then
you can have it.

I've never laughed at a joke that starts "A rabbi, a rabbi and a rabbi walk
into a bar....."

jf

In article , "Jeff" wrote:

In a perfect world, all jokes are equal and none are offensive.

uh, those aren't jokes. The basis of humor is generally to make light of
someone's shortcomings....sometimes it's self-deprecating and the joke
teller is the butt. Other times, it's about a person (in this case women)
and most every time hyperbole is involved......Sorry, but humor is
discriminatory by definition.


Humor is not discriminatory by definition. It can be, but is
not always discriminatory.

Example:

Q. Why is Santa always so jolly???

A. Because he has the list of all the naughty girls.

--
Bob Noel
New NHL? what a joke

"Bob Noel" wrote in message
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If you think you are being refused service simply because of your skin
color, then you are being discriminated against.

"If you think" is the standard to apply to determine discrimination?

I hope you mistyped.

Of course. It certainly could have been better worded. Perhaps "then you
think you are being discriminated against" would have been better.

That's great. But you're one of the rare women who have managed to ignore
or get past the sexism in the aviation industry. That's good for you, but
means you're not exactly representative of women generally.

I'm sure the fact that flying usually requires interest in flying, interest
in systems and how the plane operates, interest in navigation, interest in
weather and general interest in how things work has nothing to do with the
rampant sexism you keep talking about. The reason women don't fly is that
the majority of women DON'T WANT TO FLY!!! Now, you're going to say that
women don't want to fly because we run a "he man woman haters club" in
aviation. Bull.

What most hangar flying, tire kickers have in common is the love of the
things mentioned above. And for some God-given reason, most women aren't
interested in that. Just like most mechanics aren't women and most
cartographers aren't women. Don't get me wrong. 2 of the best pilots I
know are women and have interests in all those things...but they are rare.
Hey, guess what....High School teachers are 70% women nationwide! Oh my at
the sexism!!!! And do you know what those women teachers do when they talk
to each other? They talk about stuff that interests women teachers! Someone
file a lawsuit at the heresy!

jf

"Jeff" wrote in message
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In a perfect world, all jokes are equal and none are offensive.

uh, those aren't jokes.

We don't live in a perfect world.

Nevertheless, it's absurd to claim that ALL jokes are offensive. There are
plenty of jokes that are funny without making fun of anyone.

Furthermore, I enjoy an offensive joke (nearly) as much as the next guy.
The problem is when the joke is so blatantly out of place in a given
context.

Humor is not discriminatory by definition. It can be, but is
not always discriminatory.

Example:

Q. Why is Santa always so jolly???

A. Because he has the list of all the naughty girls.


Ah, but you just pointed out that "naughty girls" are different. Maybe
discriminatory isn't the right word.....segmenting might fit better?
Someone has to be segmented from everyone else for it to be funny.

Bob Noel wrote:
Humor is not discriminatory by definition. It can be, but is
not always discriminatory.

Example:
Q. Why is Santa always so jolly???
A. Because he has the list of all the naughty girls.

ok, so now you have just antagonized the following
groups:
i- Santa worshipers who surely will be very offended
ii- fundamentalist Christians who have been whining the
whole season about the de-christianization of the
season and how Santa is making their lives miserables;
iii- feminists who are going to resent the whole concept
of a) using the forbidden g- word (it's 'womyn' for
you insensitive clod) and the implied notion that
sub context that equals sexuality with
naughtiness

and I probably forgot a bunch of other oppressed groups,
say, the PETRE just to name one (People for the Ethical
Treatment of Reindeer and Elves)

You can't win.

And don't get started with the road crossing chickens,
it only get worse.

--Sylvain

("Dave Stadt" wrote)
That's one helluva big hole you been digging here lately Pete ole boy.


There's a (FUNNY) South Park quip in there someplace :-)


Montblack

City Dweller wrote:
Here you go.

WHY AIRPLANES ARE BETTER THAN MEN

-- An airplane NEVER leaves the toilet seat up.
-- An airplane lasts longer than seven seconds.
-- An airplane won't care if you gain five pounds.
-- Flying an airplane can't make you pregnant.

Peter, are you sure you are not a woman posting under a man's name?

That's it! How could we have missed this for so long. It explains
everything. :-)


Matt