[J Bradford]

Poprocksz, I have a number of African American friends, and I come in with black jokes all the time, we bust out laughs plenty.

Nice try though.

[Skitz0.X]

Well, I guess some people like to be the hero.
Yeah, the word is offensive. But, where did the word come from? What if "apple" was originated as the racist term?
If we ever spoke about apples, and made jokes about something being red and smelly, or whatever...Poprockz would say the same thing.
You nailed it right on the spot, pop. It's just a word. The word has been learned through our society as being a "negative" term.
Yet, I only see something as being negative when it's used in a negative fashion.
That was used in good humor, and I'm sure that 90% of an open-minded black crowd that heard these jokes would laugh.
Chris Rock was brought up? He makes a lot of black jokes with the word Nigger. Just because he's black, does it make it right or wrong? I don't think so.
If someone says something that is truly taken into offense, it doesn't matter who's saying it...it's offensive.
So, yes...if you went up to a black person in the street and say "HEY NIGGER!".... Confrontation would arise
But if u told a joke like that? Obviously just for good humor?
I doubt it would be a huge ordeal.

So, I understand where you're coming from, but just try not to take it negatively.
Because it's not a negative term unless its used as a negative term.

[Jezebel]

It's not just the word people, it's the joke itself. Hanging black people in the front yard? Yeah... really tasteful humor there. :/

Just for the record, I told my boyfriend this joke [he was born in Trinidad] and he found it pretty sick. Rather than arguing with the people about what you think is "OK" and what isn't, why not just tell jokes that are safe for everyone, hmm? If it offends even one person, then it's probably not appropriate. In this case it's more than one.

Anyway. I'm done.

[Skitz0.X]

Just to make it clear, I understood from the beginning it was the content....but Pop said earlier in a post that he didn't mind the joke, just the WORD.

He indicated that quite clearly, so I just was referring to that post.
---
"You can make the same joke without
having to use the **word** "Nigger".
Yes, black people tell the same jokes.
Where did I say they didn't?

My point is the single **word**.
Not the fucking joke, skin colour, etc.
The **word**." - Pop
(Certain parts are starred for emphasis)

[FireFry]

quote:

---

Originally posted by Jezebel:
It's not just the word people, it's the joke itself. Hanging black people in the front yard? Yeah... really tasteful humor there. :/

---

I didn't like the joke myself after I read it. Some of the jokes have been crewd which was something I wasn't expecting when I first posted the thread. But when you have 5000+ people in a forum like this it's bound to happen.

I liked your first joke Beth

quote:

---

The game of choice for unemployed people or maintenance level workers is basketball.
The game of choice for frontline workers is football.

The game of choice for middle management is tennis.

The game of choice for CEOs and executives is golf.

Conclusion: The higher up on the corporate ladder you are, the smaller your balls are.

---

neh, probably not as good as I though but it's something

[ November 02, 2001: Message edited by: FireFry ]

[sacrelicious]

Q: What do you call one white guy surrounded by ten black guys?
A: Quarterback.

There: Racial, but not racist.

[edible snowman]

the thing about humor is that it's self-regulating. if people aren't laughing at jokes, chances are that people aren't going to tell them anymore.

[Blitz]

quote

Quote:

Poprocksz, I have a number of African American friends, and I come in with black jokes all the time, we bust out laughs plenty.

Thats not the point man.
With friends you can get away with it...its ok. Dosnt matter what race they are...that has not berring on it when they are your good friends
Its the fact that you dont know everyone here. This is a public forum where you must learn to lay back and play it safe. Respect others feelings. The fact that you dont have any idea if somone is going to take offence to something like that is good enough reason not to post it.

Just asking to keep it real man...respect others feelings. Im sure your a pretty good guy...and thats cool. Im not one to judge anyone.

Peace
Blitz

[Poprocksz]

That is kind of the paradox of it all as well.

Guy calls a girl a bitch-and it's rude.
Girl calls herself a bitch-and it's empowering.

White person calls black person "N"-and It is very wrong.
Black person calls Black person "N"-and it's ok.

Don't ask me.

I don't like the "N" word because, yes it has a
very long and horrible history.
I don't think history is a joke.
I don't think the KKK is a joke, and
they use that word before hanging "PEOPLE".

People are saying I'm making the word mean that.
Read your history books(the ones that aren't lies)

And Bradford.....I'm glad your friends let you say those jokes.
I bet it makes you feel good.

[Freddio]

arent you implying that Black people can't play 1/4back ?

hmm

Anyway guys keep it calm and no offensive stuff please..

q:Two Elephants fell of a cliff

a: Boom boom


Q: what did tarzan say when he saw that the Elephants were comming?

A: The elephants are comming

Q:two blonds walk into a building.
A: You would of thought one of em would of seen it.

[Freddio]

whats yellow and can't waterski ?

a: A bulldozer

[social drone]

stop being such nazis...
you shouldnt have to be racialy sensitive more so than the next person. why the fuck should you have to follow a double standard? fucking shit i call my friends niggers all the time; they give me shit because im white, and i give them shit for being black. its all fucking pointless. i understand everyone has a different perspective of right and wrong, but fucking please cut the bullshit. i dont need a panel of nitwits limiting what i can say to the confines of p.c.ness
if shit offends you dont smell it.

Q: what do you call a black doctor?
A: a nigger.

an elderly black woman in her 80's told me that while laughing so hard she pissed her pants. old people are funny, especially when they piss their pants

[Poprocksz]

I removed this comment because
one of my friends thought it
would be funny to type that without me knowing.

I didn't think it was funny.
Sorry Social Drone.

[ November 03, 2001: Message edited by: Poprocksz ]

[Snyper]

So apparently it's socially acceptable to call someone a nazi now? Hell, I think it's worse to call someone a nazi than to call someone the N word. Here is where I'm supposed to say "If you don't like it, don't read it."

Racism is bad mmmmkay.

Here's a sexist one:

Q:What do you do when the dishwasher breaks down?

A:Kick her and tell her to get her bitch ass back to work.

Ok... time to defend the women of the world. GO GO GO!

[Skitz0.X]

...

[ November 03, 2001: Message edited by: Skitz0.X ]

[J Bradford]

quote:

---

And Bradford.....I'm glad your friends let you say those jokes.
I bet it makes you feel good

---

Again you missed the point completely. Oh well, Im done trying to make you realize anything. Go ahead and keep posting what you want, each post only makes you look more like a moron.

[sacrelicious]

A father and son are heading home to Pittsburg by train. When the son gets to the ticket window, he sees that the woman selling tickets has huge magnificent breasts. Somewhat mesmerized, he mumbles, "I'd like two pickets to Titsburg, please." The ticket seller glares at him and he takes his tickets red-faced and embarrassed back to his father. "Son," says the father, "I heard what you said and you shouldn't be ashamed. Everybody makes those Freudian slips from time to time. Why, just last week at breakfast I meant to ask your mother to pass me the sugar, and instead I said, 'You fucking bitch, you ruined my life!'"

[Poprocksz]

They need a "Sarcasm" symbol face or something.
Because what I said Bradford,
was just that.

I see your point a mile away.
As boringly unintelligent it is.

[sacrelicious]

Another witty riposte in this seemingly endless and pointless treacle. Let's just tell some jokes.

[Lukiaz]

Wrokey dokeyA LITTLE HELP

A young, lonely guy driving across the country decided to pick up a stunning, blonde hitchhiker. A few miles into the trek, the blonde started coming onto him, so needless to say, he pulled over to the side of the desolate, deserted road so she could give him some oral pleasure.

Once his pants were down to his ankles, the blonde surprised him with a gun and bound his wrists to his ankles. Then, she robbed him of his wallet and clothes, and drove off with his car. Once she was out of sight, the man struggled to his feet and began hopping alongside the road in a desperate attempt to get someone's help.

A short time later, a trucker pulled up alongside the troubled man.

"What happened to you?" asked the trucker, with a grin. The man explained his plight...

The trucker stepped down from his truck, and as he unzipped his pants he remarked, "This just ain't been your day, has it boy!"

AREN'T YOU CURIOUS?

A long-haired youth was hitchhiking through the deep South. He got a ride from a mean-looking trucker. After riding about 30 miles in silence, the youth finally said, "Well, aren't you going to ask me?"

"Ask you what?" replied the trucker.

"If I'm a boy or a girl," answered the youth.

"Don't matter," replied the trucker. "Gonna fuck ya anyway."

[Malachi Maloney]

A rabbit was hopping through the forest when he came upon a giraffe rolling a joint. The rabbit said, "Giraffe, don't do drugs. Come, run with me through the forest."
The giraffe looked at the rabbit, then at the joint. He dropped the joint and ran off with the rabbit. They came upon an elephant snorting cocaine. The rabbit said, "Elephant, don't do drugs. Come, run with us through the forest."
The elephant looked at them, looked at his razor blade and his mirror, tossed them away and began running with the rabbit and giraffe. The tree animals then came across a lion about to shoot up. The rabbit said, "Lion, don't do drugs. Come, run with us through the forest."
The lion looked at the rabbit and then at the needle. He put down the needle and started to beat up the rabbit. Horrified, the giraffe and the elephant asked, "Lion, why are you doing this? He was trying to help you."
The lion answered, "This little fucker? He makes me run around the forest like a fucking idiot every time he's on ecstasy."

:b

MDM

[strata]

Allright, this is an arguement I've been having with my girlfriend: Is this joke funny: A snake slithers into a bar and hops up on a barstool.
He says: Bartender! Gimme a drink!
the bartender replies: No, we don't serve your kind here

the snake slithers off ashamed and sad...
A week later he builds up his confidence and goes back to the bar

-Gimme a drink!
-No, we don't serve your kind here
-But I have the money and everything! Look I can pay!
-It's not that... it's just... well you can't hold your liquor...

Now I find that comlpetely humourless while she thinks it's the best joke on the planet...

[Malachi Maloney]

I think your girl is easily amused hommie.

[balistic]

A termite walks into a bar and says:

"Where's the bar tender?"

[Zek]

Anally
Induced
Death
Syndrome

j/k