Racism

[hobbes]

True story:

I was down at the gas station getting a refill tonight.

This black guy was hanging out, just outside the store.

When I came out of the store, this white guy came up to the black guy and said "Yo dude, what are you doin' here?"

"What's it to you, dog?"

"Nothin' bitch"

"Hey, here he comes"

"Cool, lets go."

So the white guy, black guy and the approaching hispanic guy walk off together, laughing and punching one another as men tend to do.

I thought, this "melting pot" thing is working.

Pardon my attitude, but this really enforces my belief that people are people.

Racism is for the insecure. This sort of thing really does inspire me.

I think this forum is a venue for all of us "foreigners" to get to know each other a little better.

[4th gen]

A pakistani, a black man and a white man are in a pub. What a great example of an integrated community.

[james_bond_rulez]

:lol:

[Pete Waterman]

a scotsman and englishman and an irishman are in the desert, they are told they can take one part of a car to help them survive. the english man says i'll have the wheels so i can drive round over the dunes. the scotsman says i'll take the bonnet so i can shelter in sandstorms, the irish man says i'll tkae the door so if it gets hot i can wind the window down.

[hooked]

Originally posted by Pete Waterman@11 March 2004 - 13:26
a scotsman and englishman and an irishman are in the desert, they are told they can take one part of a car to help them survive. the english man says i'll have the wheels so i can drive round over the dunes. the scotsman says i'll take the bonnet so i can shelter in sandstorms, the irish man says i'll tkae the door so if it gets hot i can wind the window down.
here it would be a dutch and a german and the dumbass would be from belgium !

[Aaron_T]

Originally posted by Pete Waterman@11 March 2004 - 12:26
a scotsman and englishman and an irishman are in the desert, they are told they can take one part of a car to help them survive. the english man says i'll have the wheels so i can drive round over the dunes. the scotsman says i'll take the bonnet so i can shelter in sandstorms, the irish man says i'll tkae the door so if it gets hot i can wind the window down.
:lol: LMAO

[bujub22]

Originally posted by Pete Waterman@11 March 2004 - 09:26
a scotsman and englishman and an irishman are in the desert, they are told they can take one part of a car to help them survive. the english man says i'll have the wheels so i can drive round over the dunes. the scotsman says i'll take the bonnet so i can shelter in sandstorms, the irish man says i'll tkae the door so if it gets hot i can wind the window down.
:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Skweeky]

Originally posted by hooked+11 March 2004 - 13:38--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (hooked @ 11 March 2004 - 13:38)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Pete Waterman@11 March 2004 - 13:26
a scotsman and englishman and an irishman are in the desert, they are told they can take one part of a car to help them survive. the english man says i&#39;ll have the wheels so i can drive round over the dunes. the scotsman says i&#39;ll take the bonnet so i can shelter in sandstorms, the irish man says i&#39;ll tkae the door so if it gets hot i can wind the window down.
here it would be a dutch and a german and the dumbass would be from belgium &#33; [/b][/quote]
:angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

[Samurai]

Awww Skweeky it&#39;s just a joke hun lol

I&#39;m sure every country has their very own similar jokes regarding other nations...

Here&#39;s one of my favourites :D


A Serpent guard, a Horus guard, and a Setesh guard meet on a neutral planet. It is a tense moment. The Serpent guard&#39;s eyes glow. The Horus guard&#39;s beak glistens. The Setesh guard&#39;s nose drips

[Skweeky]

Yes, we tell the same jokes as the Dutch with the one difference that the dumbass is the Dutch guy :P :lol:

[ghetto_gurl]

Originally posted by hobbes@11 March 2004 - 05:17
True story:

I was down at the gas station getting a refill tonight.

This black guy was hanging out, just outside the store.

When I came out of the store, this white guy came up to the black guy and said "Yo dude, what are you doin&#39; here?"

"What&#39;s it to you, dog?"

"Nothin&#39; bitch"

"Hey, here he comes"

"Cool, lets go."

So the white guy, black guy and the approaching hispanic guy walk off together, laughing and punching one another as men tend to do.

I thought, this "melting pot" thing is working.

Pardon my attitude, but this really enforces my belief that people are people.

Racism is for the insecure. This sort of thing really does inspire me.

I think this forum is a venue for all of us "foreigners" to get to know each other a little better.
:unsure: i dont get it :unsure:

[RGX]

Originally posted by ghetto_gurl+11 March 2004 - 14:30--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (ghetto_gurl @ 11 March 2004 - 14:30)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-hobbes@11 March 2004 - 05:17
True story:

I was down at the gas station getting a refill tonight.

This black guy was hanging out, just outside the store.

When I came out of the store, this white guy came up to the black guy and said "Yo dude, what are you doin&#39; here?"

"What&#39;s it to you, dog?"

"Nothin&#39; bitch"

"Hey, here he comes"

"Cool, lets go."

So the white guy, black guy and the approaching hispanic guy walk off together, laughing and punching one another as men tend to do.

I thought, this "melting pot" thing is working.

Pardon my attitude, but this really enforces my belief that people are people.

Racism is for the insecure.&nbsp; This sort of thing really does inspire me.

I think this forum is a venue for all of us "foreigners" to get to know each other a little better.
:unsure: i dont get it :unsure: [/b][/quote]
Thats because theres nothing to get. Just a statement about society.

[ghetto_gurl]

i get ya

[sir waffle]

Originally posted by ghetto_gurl@11 March 2004 - 14:36
i get ya
No Ya dont, ;)

[sir waffle]

Sorry about that :lol:

[j2k4]

Just so, Hobbes.

I&#39;ve been aware for a long time the dynamic does not in any way resemble the rhetoric.

I have never had a "racial" experience, and I&#39;ve had enough opportunities to judge things fairly.

Why is only the inflammatory extremism deemed newsworthy?

Those who worship the memory of Dr. King (and demand everyone do likewise) seem to have no recollection whatsoever of his message. ;)

[Biggles]

I would tend to agree that racism feeds off not direct experience but rather scare stories.

There was a wonderful cartoon in the Glasgow Herald the other day regarding a rise in racist attacks.

A newspaper seller is holding a tabloid aloft and shouting " Rise in attacks on refugees - read all about it"

The headline on the tabloid says " Bogus Asylum Scroungers Swamp Casaulty Depts."

I thought it had a nice touch. :lol:

[internet.weather]

hobbes

I like your story, but long for the day that you would not even think to post it. Any more than you would think of posting, I saw three chaps chatting at the garage earlier.

Then we will have reached the goal. (Just thought I would mix a metaphor or two, in the spirit of the thread).