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food, godwin's, jokes that don't go over well, racism

You got your racism in my coffee! You got your coffee in my racism!
evilgrins delivered a list of bogus food terms to the food_porn community which was kind of amusing but the last definition...

arab coffee: Thick, black, bitter coffee, traditionally served in tiny cups at gunpoint.

...really inspired some, uh, debate.

likeawoman is accused of being likeatroll for staying determinedly offended by everyone but obfuscate brings up Godwins first. "If you replace "arab coffee" with "matzo" is it an insult to Jews? "Haggis" (I hear it's good, but what the hell.. who came up with that?), and it's a comment on how violent those damn Scots are? Put "borscht" in there and you're pissing on the Slavs? "Liverwurst" would then, I suppose, mean that all Germans are violent Nazis."

Nobody likes a laugh more than me. Except for my wife. And Mrs. Johnson.

Define 'Offensive.'

Am I the only one that likes Turkish Coffee?

Why the random-ass definitions anyway?

As a White Canadian Female, let me clarify things for ya'll.

See, this is why I drink tea.

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crickets
2007-09-22 06:53 pm UTC (link)

I saw that this morning and knew it was going to end up here.

If they didn't mean it as racist, it's not racist.

Nice try, straight from the Rove handbook of public relations. You can embroider that ignorance on a snazzy throw pillow and the sentiment will be just as unattractive as before. Still, almost everyone in that conversation needs to unclench the keyboard and take a walk to calm down. It's a good thing most of them don't like Turkish coffee. One little cup of super-jazzed caffeine and they'd all be at one another's throats. Oh, wait...

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	soupspooks 2007-09-22 08:17 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe they're taking it back? (I'm one of those people who hates the taste and smell of coffee, no matter which country it may or may not be from.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crickets 2007-09-23 01:42 am UTC (link)
	I don't mean to be deliberately obtuse, but who is taking what back? I'm one of those people who hates the taste and smell of coffee S'okay. That leaves more for meeee! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	soupspooks 2007-09-23 01:51 am UTC (link)
	The term. It's a reference to Clerks II, when Randall claims he's taking the term "porch monkey" back. I was joking that the person who was claiming it wasn't racist is doing the same. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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