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Post by beth on Mar 18, 2010 22:13:49 GMT
Politically Correct is a name tighty-righties invented to disparage liberals - who, of course, are more considerate, caring and compassionate. There is nothing wrong with being sensitive to the hurt one causes another.
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Post by Big Lin on Mar 18, 2010 22:50:07 GMT
There are plenty of considerate, caring and compassionate conservatives.
I don't think compassion is a monopoly of liberals.
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Post by beth on Mar 18, 2010 23:03:38 GMT
That's true. Please note my use of the word "more".
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Mar 18, 2010 23:24:38 GMT
Lin - When I was a kid we used to hear Italian Jokes, Polish Jokes, Black Jokes (called negro then), Aggie Jokes (referring to students and graduates of Texas A&M University), Jewish Jokes, Blonde Jokes, Redneck Jokes, etc. If you happened to live in Wisconsin many of these were turned into Hollander jokes because of the large Dutch population. None of them were politically correct by today's standards but many were really funny. What you should note about all of those examples is that some group had to be the butt of the joke. Instead of worrying about hurting someone's feelings we used to enjoy telling Italian jokes to our Italian American friends and Aggie jokes to Aggies.
I liked it that way better than the way it is now.
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Mar 18, 2010 23:31:42 GMT
Q: Why should Democrats be buried 100 feet (30 meters) deep? A: Because deep down, they're really good people.
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Post by fretslider on Mar 24, 2010 20:56:54 GMT
Q: Why should Democrats be buried 100 feet (30 meters) deep? A: Because deep down, they're really good people. Are you guys getting with metric these days??? "A mix-up between metric and English units in the exchange of data between Lockheed and JPL led to a navigational error that doomed the orbiter as it entered the martian atmosphere on Sept. 23. The $125-million spacecraft either impacted Mars or went into orbit around the sun."
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Mar 24, 2010 23:16:12 GMT
No not really Fretslider. I just put in the metric equivalent because I know there are so many Europeans on this board.
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Post by june on Mar 24, 2010 23:18:24 GMT
Q: Why should Democrats be buried 100 feet (30 meters) deep? A: Because deep down, they're really good people. Are you guys getting with metric these days??? "A mix-up between metric and English units in the exchange of data between Lockheed and JPL led to a navigational error that doomed the orbiter as it entered the martian atmosphere on Sept. 23. The $125-million spacecraft either impacted Mars or went into orbit around the sun." the forces use KM don't they. But they call them clicks for some odd reason
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Post by fretslider on Mar 25, 2010 12:12:09 GMT
No not really Fretslider. I just put in the metric equivalent because I know there are so many Europeans on this board. That's damned decent of you DAS. Cheers.
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Post by fretslider on Mar 25, 2010 12:16:08 GMT
Are you guys getting with metric these days??? "A mix-up between metric and English units in the exchange of data between Lockheed and JPL led to a navigational error that doomed the orbiter as it entered the martian atmosphere on Sept. 23. The $125-million spacecraft either impacted Mars or went into orbit around the sun." the forces use KM don't they. But they call them clicks for some odd reason Given that Science has given us the Systeme Internationale, why on Earth (geddit!) was one of Lockheed or JPL not using metric? I believe the military thinks the slang term of Klick sounds cool.
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