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Old 09-24-2010, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by SwampYankee View Post
I appreciate the kind words but I still have a tough time with it. So many times it comes down to a PC argument, but I see it more as common decency. For some reason mocking those least able to, or least willing to, defend themselves is fine to some. I suppose it's more of a reflection on those who chose what they see as easy targets for humor as anything else.
The way I see it, when you tell a joke, someone, something has got to be the butt of it. You could make a dumb dog joke and I could take offense because I am a dog person just as I could make a "retard" joke and you get upset or you could make a dumb Chinaman joke and I take offense at it.

I think a thicker skin is in order. OTOH, if all your jokes are "dumb Chinaman jokes", I might start to take offense. If they are kinda spread out, it is just a joke.
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