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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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	katarin 2007-09-23 09:17 pm UTC (link)
	IAWTMFC! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	amymccabe 2007-09-24 12:21 am UTC (link)
	??? Apparently I am not up on my net lingo. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

katarin
2007-09-24 12:34 am UTC (link)

It's netspeak for I agree with this most fucking comment because I was agreeing with giving leeway to the word used to apply to racism because in the end, it all comes from the same place. I'd also go on to talk about how it's significantly less than helpful to quibble about whether one can be racist against Muslims when discussing people being racist against Muslims but I've sworn off unfunny SRS BZNS race discussion here on one of the wank comms so you'll have to do without.

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	amymccabe 2007-09-24 12:47 am UTC (link)
	Okay. Listen, you are right. I have a pet peeve about language sometimes, but you're right. Bigotry is a lot bigger issue than correct vocabulary. I'm sorry if I insulted you. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	amymccabe 2007-09-24 12:48 am UTC (link)
	Or rather offended you. And since I just did the very thing that pisses me off so much, I fail at life today. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	katarin 2007-09-24 01:00 am UTC (link)
	Seeing as I did engage in SRS BZNS unfunny race discussion when I even made a post about not doing that in this comm, looks like we're both kind of faily. Thank you for recognizing how much more important bigotry is than the words used to describe it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	judyhazeleyes 2007-09-25 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	If I may permit myself to look woefully uneducated for a moment, who's the hotness in your icons? She's puuuurty. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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