And nobody has yet asked me for the e-mail address of my wonderful neighbors -- the ones whose baby died, last year.
I'm curious. Why not??
Why won't you send him your *absolute best* dead baby jokes, directly??
Robatoy? Doug? Mike Marlow??
Why the sudden hesitation??
Jack?? I don't see where YOU'VE asked for my brother's e-mail address ... to forward HIM your best Holocaust and cancer jokes.
I ... I ... I'm afraid I don't understand....
I'll keep checking my inbox.
Truly troll sign
This post does say a lot about you though.
Then you don't understand it.
No surprise, though. You guys have honed this group into an incredibly narrow demographic.
Shame.
You're missing the point. Why tell a joke to someone who would not appreciate it?
We don't tell jokes for our OWN amusement, we do it to spread joy.
To a handful of people, perhaps.
What about those to whom it does NOT spread joy?
What ABOUT my neighbor -- the talented woodworker to whom I've suggested the online woodworking forum, and who lost his baby, last year?
What about my practicing Jew, woodworking, industry-insider brother, who would be aghast at the Holocaust jokes?
What about ANYBODY and EVERYBODY else that doesn't appreciate gallows humor?
Isn't this a woodworking site?
Shouldn't THEY be *actively* welcomed?
So far ... NOBODY has raised even a *single* point that "I'm missing."
Why NOT take your little sophomoric, backwater group to a private forum, if there are NO boundaries for the jokes you each enjoy -- jokes that make fun of others?
Why not e-mail each other with these jokes?
You really *can't* win this argument.
Not because of who I am ... except ... to the extent that "I'm on the side of the angels," on this issue.
It's rather like the concept that "the truth is the ultimate defense" to things like libel and slander charges.
I'm pretty much dead-nuts right, here. That makes my job
*exceedingly* easy.
Well, don't read the jokes then. Do not subscribe to the newsgroup. Choose to ignore. There are a lot of things you can do if something offends you. There are a lot of wood working groups out there--read them instead.
I feel very comfortable, welcome, and loved, here.
I'm staying :-)
Oh, I understand it very well, thank you. You proved my point by your reply.
PLONK!
Haven't had to do that in a looooong time.
-Zz
Sorry to hear about your nuts, Neil.
Pity Doug Failed The Fairness Test.
Agreed.
In news:hmcjbl$ou2$ snipped-for-privacy@news.eternal-september.org, Doug Miller spewed forth:
AMEN to that
Because your neighbour isn't a f*ck-head on usenet.
Alright. I could reasonably expect a preposterously inane answer from you, Doug, but ....
Again ... I've forwarded info to him, recently, about a couple of online ww sites -- this one included.
When he shows up, and sees the dead baby jokes, what do you expect his response to be?
I know what it will be. Tears and horror.
So ... why exclude him, and the many others whose skin isn't as thick, or who are simply more evolved, than your little cabal?
I used pretty small words, Dave. Why don't YOU take a legit, direct, reasonable shot at answering this one?
Sorry. Dave. I used the wrong name, initially.
I don't mean to insult you by slight. I'd MUCH rather do it, directly :-)
You seem to have a hard time with the concept that we don't CARE whether humorless scolds are immune to joy. We, or at least I, am indifferent in the extreme as to whether someone is unamused or even offended by what I say. They are not part of my universe. Their emotions or feelings are of no moment to me. I cannot control how they feel and my feelings are not contingent on theirs.
As the saying goes, "If they can't take a joke..."
We don't want to do so.
We don't want to do so.
I don't care. I'm not trying to convince you of the superiority of my position and I'm certainly not susceptible to your exegesis. One difference is I accept that you are offended, though I don't care, but you seem unable to accept the reverse.
I'm proud of you. Of course every adversary on every position says they are on God's side and that God approves of their stalwart stands.
I'm a little unclear as to what "job" you refer and, for the life of me, I can't comprehend how tilting a windmills is "easy."
Nah. That's where you're wrong.
I'm not offended.
The collective you, OTOH, ARE offensive.
You want your little clubhouse where you can be as horrid as you want, whether or not it dissuades others from participating.
But you don't want to GET a clubhouse. You like the public park.
Defend the opposing point of view, in THIS case.
I wish you luck!
Ah, but it is. Your "less well endowed" compatriots, here, throw out arguments in Kindergarten fashion.
Being on the side of the angels -- like never being dishonest -- means never having to think for even a *second* before answering :-)
PDFTFT.
Got any more Holocaust jokes?
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