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Tiger gets mauled by mate
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RLENT
Veteran Expediter
Sorry, I left my Karnak costume out in the truck and am too lazy to get up off the couch and go get it:
Who are you asking ? (since you didn't bother to mention a name in your post, or quote anyone)
Sorry, my fault, I did not make that very clear did I? I was asking you. Not to be a pain, as many often think, but to gain insight into others thought processes. No other reason.
letzrockexpress
Veteran Expediter
Please refrain from using balls, strike, and touchy feely in the same sentence.
Strikes and Balls were a baseball reference and the touchy feely stuff was that physco babble they tried to teach my in college.
Keeping the races pure would eliminate these problems? Is that the point you are driving home? If so maybe sticking to driving a truck may be a more noble cause for you.
Nice troll post, It will be interesting to see if the powers that be sit on their respective hands yet again. Nah it is just easier to shoot the messenger.
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
No worries - just wanted to make sure before I answered up.
Fair enough - will see what I can do.
BTW, just for the record - I never went thru "all that silly PC crap" in school (or anywhere else for that matter) ..... nor did I ever have "sensitivity training stuff" .... that crap really got started after my time (but not after my kids)
I have, in fact, spoken out publicly (and quite forcefully I might add) at meetings of the Akron City School Board to keep exactly that kind mindless psycho-babble drivel out of the public school system. (Forcefully and loudly enough so that I had the local media wanting to do interviews - which I declined)
The idea that anyone could possibly imagine that I have much going in the way of "PC" or "sensitivity" after some of the stuff that I have posted on here, in response to others, is a real hoot, however.
Touchy-feely ? ..... ya gotta be kiddin, right ?
RLENT
Veteran Expediter
Ok Layout, I'll take a stab - although part of what I was going to say has been somewhat covered a couple of posts above.
At the time I read the original post in this thread I was completely unaware of the Tiger Woods thing - no real surprise there ..... I really don't pay much attention to that kinda crap (some do, no accounting for taste I guess) - so what I saw in the post, was without the benefit of that data - and the (rather sad) attempt at satire was lost on me.
However what I certainly did see was the following, at the end:
"After all, female albino cats are plentiful and easily replaced. This pairing had fostered greater social acceptance and enhanced self-esteem for the alpha male."
Translation: Black men can easily find white women who wish to be with them for sex, and that this somehow makes them (black men) more socially acceptable, and enhances their self-esteem. (All of the above premises - save maybe the first - are dubious at best)
"So, a decision was made to protect the highly prized African male. Let him have a harem of albino cats as his playthings. The liberal zookeepers felt very good about this decision and about themselves."
Translation: Society (thru liberals, of course - the cause of all things evil) protects (promiscuous) black men, and fostering this degraded conduct (promiscuous sex between races) by sacrificing white women to them somehow makes those (the liberals - because of course, the flip side, conservatives, somehow can't be responsible for it and do anything about it) who allow or promote it feel better about themselves.
What is racist about it is what is implied.
The above is pretty much exactly where it went off the rails and became rather ugly for me ..... can't speak for others, but the two parts quoted above were immediately evident to me. Red flag city.
This is the kind of talk that you might hear around the campfire .... you know - the one where they burn the cross.
I know of at least one person here on EO who I believe is in an interracial marriage - I do not know this person extremely well, having only spoken to him on one occasion (I lost your phone number), but from what I can gather from what I have read of his posts on here, he is a good and decent fellow. I also know of a couple of expediters who are male and are black.
I would think that as matter of common sense, taste, and civility, joking around in regards to such matters, would be avoided as a matter of courtesy ......... but like I said earlier: there's no accounting for taste .....
I have no idea whether the above (as I translated) was the actual intent, I certainly hope it wasn't - but the above is what I see in it.
Regardless of the actual intent there is the practical matter of what it appeared to be ..... it would serve one well to consider very carefully how one's comments might be construed ..... or the effect they might have, although not intended.
It's not at all unlike discussing possible potential security flaws in our nation's critical infrastructure (specific nuclear power plants, by name) on a public forum, - one that is crawled and has it's posts cached and indexed by at least one search engine that I'm aware of (Google) - and which is accessible to the entire world - while it may be entirely innocent, it still ain't real freakin' bright ......
Aristotle - you didn't ask for my advice, but I'll provide it anyways: don't quit the day job - stick to what you know and are good at. Satire, unfortunately, ain't it.
And BTW, just in case the obvious has escaped you: ignorance of specific data is not a sign of lack of intelligence - just one of unawareness, and possibly, although not necessarily, a failure to observe.
At any rate, I fall well to the right of that hump in the Bell Curve - and anytime you wanna sit down and compare numbers, well, you just feel free to give me a whistle.
At the time I read the original post in this thread I was completely unaware of the Tiger Woods thing - no real surprise there ..... I really don't pay much attention to that kinda crap (some do, no accounting for taste I guess) - so what I saw in the post, was without the benefit of that data - and the (rather sad) attempt at satire was lost on me.
However what I certainly did see was the following, at the end:
"After all, female albino cats are plentiful and easily replaced. This pairing had fostered greater social acceptance and enhanced self-esteem for the alpha male."
Translation: Black men can easily find white women who wish to be with them for sex, and that this somehow makes them (black men) more socially acceptable, and enhances their self-esteem. (All of the above premises - save maybe the first - are dubious at best)
"So, a decision was made to protect the highly prized African male. Let him have a harem of albino cats as his playthings. The liberal zookeepers felt very good about this decision and about themselves."
Translation: Society (thru liberals, of course - the cause of all things evil
) protects (promiscuous) black men, and fostering this degraded conduct (promiscuous sex between races) by sacrificing white women to them somehow makes those (the liberals - because of course, the flip side, conservatives, somehow can't be responsible for it and do anything about it) who allow or promote it feel better about themselves.What is racist about it is what is implied.
The above is pretty much exactly where it went off the rails and became rather ugly for me ..... can't speak for others, but the two parts quoted above were immediately evident to me. Red flag city.
This is the kind of talk that you might hear around the campfire .... you know - the one where they burn the cross.
I know of at least one person here on EO who I believe is in an interracial marriage - I do not know this person extremely well, having only spoken to him on one occasion (I lost your phone number), but from what I can gather from what I have read of his posts on here, he is a good and decent fellow. I also know of a couple of expediters who are male and are black.
I would think that as matter of common sense, taste, and civility, joking around in regards to such matters, would be avoided as a matter of courtesy ......... but like I said earlier: there's no accounting for taste .....
I have no idea whether the above (as I translated) was the actual intent, I certainly hope it wasn't - but the above is what I see in it.
Regardless of the actual intent there is the practical matter of what it appeared to be ..... it would serve one well to consider very carefully how one's comments might be construed ..... or the effect they might have, although not intended.
It's not at all unlike discussing possible potential security flaws in our nation's critical infrastructure (specific nuclear power plants, by name) on a public forum, - one that is crawled and has it's posts cached and indexed by at least one search engine that I'm aware of (Google) - and which is accessible to the entire world - while it may be entirely innocent, it still ain't real freakin' bright ......
Aristotle - you didn't ask for my advice, but I'll provide it anyways: don't quit the day job - stick to what you know and are good at. Satire, unfortunately, ain't it.
And BTW, just in case the obvious has escaped you: ignorance of specific data is not a sign of lack of intelligence - just one of unawareness, and possibly, although not necessarily, a failure to observe.
At any rate, I fall well to the right of that hump in the Bell Curve - and anytime you wanna sit down and compare numbers, well, you just feel free to give me a whistle.
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RLENT
Veteran Expediter
Well now, I must admit that I feel entirely reassured - the "kill-'em-all-and-let-God-sort-'em-out" contingent has spoken .......
Yes, I'm quite sure we can rely on the observations and thoughtful analysis of this individual .......
Bzzzzzzt ! ...... not even ....... no matter how desperately you wish it were so .......
Thanks, RLENT, now I understand somewhat where you were coming from.
I did not take the part about the albino females being plentiful so much as racist but a slam on how good looking women through themselves at rich men. We used to call them "Gold Diggers".
In that light the "prized African male' would NOT be a racist remark but put it more in the range of "target" for the "Gold Diggers".
Liberals and the liberal press often DO prize sports stars, actors etc over people of, what some see as mundane, but more useful vocations. Liberal politicians tend to surround themselves with the likes of Whoppie and Ohpra. Conservitives do as well but to a lessor extent.
That is how I took it, not as racist but as a comentary on sociaity.
The Albino part itself was not a good use of the term. Albinos by nature are normally very sickly and are NOT prized breeding stock. Albinoism is caused by a very ressesive gene and most albinos do not live a normal life span for their spieces. In wildlife it tends to show up most during times of over population.
I did not take the part about the albino females being plentiful so much as racist but a slam on how good looking women through themselves at rich men. We used to call them "Gold Diggers".
In that light the "prized African male' would NOT be a racist remark but put it more in the range of "target" for the "Gold Diggers".
Liberals and the liberal press often DO prize sports stars, actors etc over people of, what some see as mundane, but more useful vocations. Liberal politicians tend to surround themselves with the likes of Whoppie and Ohpra. Conservitives do as well but to a lessor extent.
That is how I took it, not as racist but as a comentary on sociaity.
The Albino part itself was not a good use of the term. Albinos by nature are normally very sickly and are NOT prized breeding stock. Albinoism is caused by a very ressesive gene and most albinos do not live a normal life span for their spieces. In wildlife it tends to show up most during times of over population.
As usual RLENT, you ascribe the worst possble motives to my posts. It is satire... nothing more, nothing less. In particular, it was a commentary on male-female relationships, marriage, bad selection of a mate, media protection of a celebrity...
You overlook that I am just as tough on the female as the male. That it is an interracial couple doesn't spare them from criticism. There is a lot more to this story than we are being told by the media. I suppose they are entitled to some privacy, but we can still offer comments and speculation. We can try to learn from this story.
This is the third or fourth time you have attempted to call me racist. Or a homophobe. Why would you go to those extremes? Is it your goal to silence folks who don't follow your script for politically correct thinking?
I will continue to poke fun at celebrities and newsworthy events. I will continue to speak out on socially relevant themes such as race, marriage, corrupt government, the gay agenda or any other topic that suits me.
Randy, you slam LDB and other conservatives at every opportunity. You play the censor here at EO by attempting to shut down free speech. What's that monkey on your back? Lighten up.
You overlook that I am just as tough on the female as the male. That it is an interracial couple doesn't spare them from criticism. There is a lot more to this story than we are being told by the media. I suppose they are entitled to some privacy, but we can still offer comments and speculation. We can try to learn from this story.
This is the third or fourth time you have attempted to call me racist. Or a homophobe. Why would you go to those extremes? Is it your goal to silence folks who don't follow your script for politically correct thinking?
I will continue to poke fun at celebrities and newsworthy events. I will continue to speak out on socially relevant themes such as race, marriage, corrupt government, the gay agenda or any other topic that suits me.
Randy, you slam LDB and other conservatives at every opportunity. You play the censor here at EO by attempting to shut down free speech. What's that monkey on your back? Lighten up.
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Careful, Turtle... lest you be labeled with the mother of all insults: racist.
The above is one of the most vapid responses ever posted on this forum. However, if you're looking for some "thoughtful analysis", here's something to consider: NEVER BEING OFFENDED ISN'T AN INALIENABLE RIGHT, in spite of what you and the rest of the PC army may think. Of course there are those like you that continually look for reasons to be offended as a basis to launch attacks on others who don't share your "progressive" political beliefs. If those reasons don't exist in reality then the morally superior cause of political correctness is ample justification to fabricate them, as was the case with the claim of racism in Aristotle's satire. Anyone who disagrees with the charges is labeled as neanderthal for not agreeing or seeing the light of political correctness. But in spite of the posturing and condescention that's so typical of PC arguments, the substance still does not exist.
greg334
Veteran Expediter
aristotle,
I had to read your OP a couple times. See this sounded like something I was told last year and I am not making this up by any means.
I have a friend who has a small male cat which he brought back from Africa, it is called an African Wildcat or Desert Cat. He was with me on my third trip over there and he smuggled the cat back home. It is a very nice cat, the wildness is not there as one thinks and living on his farm, the cat is a great mouser and takes out some pidgoens every once in a while. He also has a female European Shorthair mix which is all white and such a great indoor cat, she is a near perfect cat to have. Quiet, and keeps to herself.
He told me one day he was sitting in his living room reading and the African cat came in and tried to play with the short hair. The short hair didn't want to be bothered and attacked the African cat with such violence that he had to dump the contents of his water bottle on them to break it up. His vet bill was something like $900, the cat had to have stitches for a number of cuts inflicted by the normally quiet and loving white cat.
I had to read your OP a couple times. See this sounded like something I was told last year and I am not making this up by any means.
I have a friend who has a small male cat which he brought back from Africa, it is called an African Wildcat or Desert Cat. He was with me on my third trip over there and he smuggled the cat back home. It is a very nice cat, the wildness is not there as one thinks and living on his farm, the cat is a great mouser and takes out some pidgoens every once in a while. He also has a female European Shorthair mix which is all white and such a great indoor cat, she is a near perfect cat to have. Quiet, and keeps to herself.
He told me one day he was sitting in his living room reading and the African cat came in and tried to play with the short hair. The short hair didn't want to be bothered and attacked the African cat with such violence that he had to dump the contents of his water bottle on them to break it up. His vet bill was something like $900, the cat had to have stitches for a number of cuts inflicted by the normally quiet and loving white cat.
Oh, that's OK. We're all, every one of us, racist to one degree or another. I'll just admit to it is all. Fortunately, most of the indoctrinated racism I have managed to purge from my spongiform brain, and what remains is the hard-coded DNA racism we all have. Over the years I realized that people are people and we all have essentially the same wants, needs and desires.
The above joke is merely an excellent illustration of the absurdity of racism. Tiger wants to win, and everyone else wants the same thing - they all want to beat Tiger.
FWIW, the OP is a great example of hilarious satire. However, it failed comedically at the end with the jarring intrusion of a real person's name and the mention of "celebrity couple" on the satirical premise. It interjected the "real" into the fantasy of satire. Also, the use of the word "liberal" as applied to the zookeepers took it out of the fantasy satire and, again jarringly, introduced a political bent that seems out of place. Might have been better to have left that word out completely.
Just a simple critique for future reference.
But overall I liked it. I don't see any racism there at all.
The absurdities in Florida's zooland continues: TMZ reports officials will seek a search warrant for the alpha male's home to determine if any evidence points to a possible DUI due to driving under the influence of painkillers. The Scandinavian kitten could be facing charges of domestic violence. Seems great pains are being taken to prevent transparency in the Sunshine State.
The thing is that, THIS is just NOT all that important. One or both of them messed up. He killed a tree and a fire plug, not another human. IF he pays for the damage and is held responsible I don't really care if I ever here about it again.
Tiger and his Wife should Both be arrested, Jailed and Charged with Hindering an Investigation! Or for the Lack of a Better word: Obstructing Justice!!
greg334
Veteran Expediter
Well seeing that people fall all over themselves over professional athletes, they are nothing special - especially any and all golf pros.
Making a living hitting a little white ball across grass fields is about as silly as one hitting a white ball with a piece of wood and which all produces nothing but entertainment for the public to enjoy.
So I say we should know more about the personal life of these pros, they want to be in the spot light, so let them all the way.
Making a living hitting a little white ball across grass fields is about as silly as one hitting a white ball with a piece of wood and which all produces nothing but entertainment for the public to enjoy.
So I say we should know more about the personal life of these pros, they want to be in the spot light, so let them all the way.