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Auntie Singe Addams ([info]singe) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2007-09-22 11:45:00


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Entry tags: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!
[info]evilgrins delivered a list of bogus food terms to the [info]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.

[info]likeawoman is accused of being likeatroll for staying determinedly offended by everyone but [info]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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[info]katarin
2007-09-22 10:55 pm UTC (link)
Ok, good to see I misread that, my point is that one of the MANY commonly used ways to suppress discussions of race is to point out that it's a white person complaining. No offense, your comment just reminded me of that and seeing as the OP is pretty much a 'Stupid White Folks BINGO' card just waiting to be filled out, I reacted.

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[info]sisterelwood
2007-09-22 10:59 pm UTC (link)
It's all good. I can see how what I said would have done that. I actually thought of that after I posted and was all, "D'oh!". And WORD to your thoughts on the OP.

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[info]tehrin
2007-09-23 12:52 am UTC (link)
The irony is that likeawoman has a few bingo cards on her userinfo.

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