Yawn. Boring. Stop splitting hairs, you anal "what-I-meant-is" bunch. Grow up! (Â…and this from a 33-year old!). I myself enjoyed a great ride on my on topic Olmo Olympic in great 20C weather.
Kim "of-course-I-apologize-to-all-who-claim-to-be-offended" Klakow Berlin "City of Racism Extreme" Germany
PS: A faggot is a bundle of sticks or wood.
> Of course it does, Kurt. You are absolutely right that someone could have
> taken offense to my comment... what with it being so obviously offensive
> and all. And you've fallen into my not-so-clever trap by providing me
with
> an opportuntiy to demonstrate just how easy it is to offer an apology in
> this kind of situation.
>
> To any Texans or others who may have been offened by my earlier comments,
> please accept my apology for making stupid and potentially hurtful
> assertions about your state.
>
> Tom Dalton
>
> Bethlehem, PA
>
>
>
> Kurt Sperry <haxixe@gmail.com> wrote:
> I find your assertion that Texas is a vulgar state highly offensive.
> Perhaps a post to the list acknowledging that such a statement is
> likely to be taken as offensive and a disavowal of said statement is
> in order.
>
> Works both ways, see?
>
> Kurt Sperry
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:14:13 -0700 (PDT), Tom Dalton
> wrote:
> > Shucks, this is a hoot. Well, here's to Texas where they still cast
> Americans in the old-fashioned, down-home, God-fearing, no pretenses,
> good-ol'-boy mold. It must be great to live in a place where you can call
a spade a
> Spade. Those high-brow East Coasters need to lighten up. There's nothing
> wrong with jokes that mock Italian accents or refer to gay men as fags...
and
> one would certainly have to be infected with "Polotical Correctness" to
> take issue with my assertion that Texas is perhaps the most of vulgar of
our
> United States.
> >
> > Most of us, even my uptight, Yankee self, were not offened by Dave's
> adolescent humor, beyond the fact that it insults our intelligence and
> presumes a common mindset of insensitivity. But, if someone was offened
enough to
> post a reaction, why not just say, "I'm sorry, I didn't intend to cause
> offense." To say that there is no "need" to apologize implies either that
the
> offened person is unreasonable, which you went on to state explicitly, or
> that it is okay to cause offense intentionally. Dave makes a habit of mild
> on-list impropriety and the last thing the list needs is someone to
encourge
> him publicly.
> >
> > Tom Dalton
> >
> > Bethlehem, PA
> >
> > I don't think a bad joke requires an apology. The guys in NYC shoould
> > realize that places like Cut Bank, MT and Houston, TX haven't yet been
> > infected by the kind of Polotical Correctness that makes it a felony to
> > tell a joke. Thank God.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jerry Moos
> > Houston, TX
> >
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