"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
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> On Mon 25 Aug 2008 06:07:04p, Paul M. Cook told us...
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>> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
>> 5.250...
>>> On Mon 25 Aug 2008 04:07:41p, Paul M. Cook told us...
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>>>> "ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> The Marine and The French Woman
>>>>>
>>>>> The train was packed, and the U.S. Marine walked the entire length
>>>>> looking for a seat, but a well-dressed, Middle-aged, French woman's
>>>>> poodle was sitting in the only seat remaining.
>>>>>
>>>>> The weary Marine asked, 'Ma'am, may I have that seat?'
>>>>>
>>>>> The French woman just sniffed and said to no one in
>>>>> particular,'Americans are so rude. My little Fifi is using that
>>>>> seat.'
>>>>>
>>>>> The Marine walked the entire train again, but the only seat left was
>>>>> under that dog.
>>>>>
>>>>> 'Please, ma'am. May I have that seat? I'm very tired.'
>>>>>
>>>>> She snorted, 'Not only are you Americans rude, you are also
>>>>> arrogant!'
>>>>>
>>>>> This time the Marine didn't say another word; he just picked up the
>>>>> little dog, tossed it out the train window, and sat down.
>>>>>
>>>>> The woman shrieked, 'Someone must defend my honor! Put this American
>>>>> in his place!'
>>>>>
>>>>> An English gentleman sitting nearby spoke up,'Sir, you Americans seem
>>>>> to have a penchant for doing the wrong thing. You hold the fork in
>>>>> the wrong hand, you drive your vehicles on the wrong side of the
>>>>> road........ And now, Sir, you seem to have thrown the wrong bitch
>>>>> out the window.'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Really bad joke. Gratuitous animal cruelty doesn't work as joke
>>> material.
>>>> Won't be passing that one around.
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>
>>> Geez, Paul, it's just a joke. It's not like it actually happened or
>>> would happen.
>>
>>
>> Hey, I'm cool but it's just very poor taste. Why does the man have to
>> be a Marine, anyway? Are they just supposed to be ruthless killers? It
>> just sounds like something you'd read in Soldier of Fortune or Hustler.
>>
>> Paul
>
> It didn't have to be a Marine, but it pretty much had to be a man.
> Likewise, it had to be a dog or the punchline wouldn't work. There are
> far
> more crude jokes than that, that target minority groups, etc. I remember
> back in the late 1960s/early 1970s how ethnic jokes were very specific as
> to race or nationality. In order to continue teling those jokes the term
> was usually changed to a person of "certain ethnic background". Did it
> make a difference? Probably not. There are still religious jokes that
> include a Rabi, Priest, and Minister. They don't work otherwise, and I
> doubt that many people consider it a slur on any particular group.
>
> Many jokes are derogatory but they're not malicious. What's the
> difference
> between a joke about an Irish person, a black person, a Polish person,
> etc.? Only what so-called political correctness dictates. AFAIC,
> political correctness is just so much bull shit.
>
> Someone could crack a joke about men named "Paul". Would you take that
> personally or consider that derogatory?


Nope. I call them as I see them. I just see no humor in it. Guy throws a
dog out of a train and that's funny? Not trying to start a war here, I even
provided ample humor to deflect any hurt feelings.

Paul