Post by Ryan on Feb 26, 2009 17:42:10 GMT -8
regarding the ny post cartoon: no, nothing offensive at all. nothing to see here folks, if you were offended by it clearly you are a delusional nuisance. here's another example of a completely Not At All Offensive prank:
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Apology over White House watermelon patch NBC
LOS ALAMITOS, Calif -- Los Alamitos Mayor Dean Grose found a smashed watermelon at his office's doorstep Wednesday morning, a day after widespread published reports about his e-mailing a depiction of the White House with watermelons superimposed in the garden area.
Grose called police around 8:20 a.m. to Event Medical Services Inc. at 10765 Noel St. where officers saw "what appeared to be a watermelon" that was evidently thrown at the area outside the door, said Los Alamitos police Capt. Bruce McAlpine.
It caused no damage and police took an incident report, McAlpine said.
"Because there was no damage to the office, it's not considered a vandalism," he said.
There do not appear to be any witnesses, McAlpine said.
Grose sent the e-mail, titled "No Easter egg hunt this year," from his personal account, over the weekend to community volunteer Keyanus Price, a black woman who said she found it racist and offensive. ...
Grose called Price to apologize to her and e-mailed her an apology,saying he did not intend to be offensive. He also apologized to her boss and members of the City Council.
Funny you bring that email up Fran. An ex co-worker sent me that piece of shit. He's been sending a lot of that crap since Obama announced his campaign 2 years ago. He's one of those chronic forwarders and would send me everything from Jesus loves me, to some seriously nasty porn, to right wing propaganda, to these types of racial emails. He had over 60 people on this list which appalled me.
I decided to reply to everyone pointing out the racism and ignorance of this mass email; and that anyone on the list that thinks it's funny should be ashamed of themselves. I then told them about my bi-racial nephew and that I was personally offended. I also pointed out the hypocrisy of his God loves you emails but yet doesn't think twice about sending racist emails. I didn't know God condoned ignorance and racism. I must have missed that.
So he replied with "it was just a joke, I'm not a racist...I'm taking you off my list". Yeah...you are not a racist. What a douche. Needless to say, I cried myself to sleep that night because he took me off his list.
What really gets me is how in the hell did he ever think that I was someone who would think a joke like that was funny, or that I was Republican, or super religious for that matter.