If you criticise Jews or blacks...

[p_p_man]

...does that necessarily mean you're ant-Semitic or racist?

ppman

 

[Azwed]

If you broadly generalize an entire group then I would say you are on your way down that path.

 

[p_p_man]

If you broadly generalize an entire group then I would say you are on your way down that path.

I always have been, always am and probably always will be.

What's wrong with generalisation?

Most of us think in those terms anyway...

ppman

 

[Azwed]

I always have been, always am and probably always will be.

What's wrong with generalisation?

Most of us think in those terms anyway...

ppman

Because not everyone fits the mold. Generalizating is a point to start at but that is it.

I am a nearly 22 year old white male who was born in Texas and then adopted by very conservative parents. What does that instantly make you think of compared to what you know about me.

 

[miles]

roflmao

Like I'm taking that bait.

Don't worry guys, it's 7 AM in the UK. PP will be off to the pub shortly.

Drink ten warm ones for us.

 

[Azwed]

Re: roflmao

Like I'm taking that bait.

Don't worry guys, it's 7 AM in the UK. PP will be off to the pub shortly.

Drink ten warm ones for us.

Yeah why do they drink warm beer. How can they call themselves civilized.

 

[p_p_man]

Because not everyone fits the mold. Generalizating is a point to start at but that is it.

I am a nearly 22 year old white male who was born in Texas and then adopted by very conservative parents. What does that instantly make you think of compared to what you know about me.

That you're a Bush supporter...

Funnily enough I know you're not...

 

[Mensa]

...does that necessarily mean you're ant-Semitic or racist?

ppman

If you stick to the truth, then no. If you engage in slander, then yes.

 

[miles]

az

Yeah why do they drink warm beer. How can they call themselves civilized.

Well, they do have that queen/king thing going on. Hello, how can they call themselves civilized when they produce ppman?

Maybe room temp IQ's are the norm. Celsius, by the way.

Brace yourself for a witless comeback.

 

[p_p_man]

Re: roflmao

Like I'm taking that bait.

Don't worry guys, it's 7 AM in the UK. PP will be off to the pub shortly.

Drink ten warm ones for us.

For chrissake Problem Miles get your time zones sorted out.

It's 06.10am over here.

No wonder you always lose the thread of life...

ppman

 

[Azwed]

That you're a Bush supporter...

Funnily enough I know you're not...

Then you can add that I grew up in Midland, Bush's "hometown" even though he was born in Conneticut.

Add that my dad worked directly for some of his companies and did contract work for them after he started his own company.

Add that my mother was in the young women republican club with Laura Bush and gave her tips on child care.

Do you have any idea how weird that is. To think about all that crap and to think how easy it would be for me to make a few phone calls and get a kick ass internship but realize how it would invalidate nearly all my principals.

 

[p_p_man]

Do you have any idea how weird that is. To think about all that crap and to think how easy it would be for me to make a few phone calls and get a kick ass internship but realize how it would invalidate nearly all my principals.

Sometimes Azwed, life sucks...

pp

 

[MechaBlade]

I think by asking this question, you are likely a racist anti-Semite.

Not everyone generalizes. I like to judge people on their individual character. Because, you know, every person is different. Or you may not know.

 

[Private Vasquez]

Methinks that if you criticize Jews or blacks simply because they are Jewish or black....you're most likely racist.

 

[Halx]

Originally posted by Private Vasquez


Methinks that if you criticize Jews or blacks simply because they are Jewish or black....you're most likely racist.

...and most likely a complete turd.. but that's just my immature opinion

 

[sch00lteacher]

If you criticize Afghanies...

Does that make you a racist?

Speaking of warm beer. Some beer is made to be drank warm. And is damn good when done so. I spent many a year in Europe. I fell in love with Lowenbrau Dunkel, or dark. It must be drunk warm, room temp.

Three or four of those and you forget your name, and could give a shit less. Smooth, and tasty. I really miss it.


http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~emonroe/lowenbrau.jpg

 

[SINthysist]

I drink my beer warm [Foster's]...

And I lump all British in with p_p_man...

And I lump Azwed in with all youthful, wet-behind-the-ears, yet-to-learn-about-thier-world, dewey-eyed, call on me, I have the answers, liberal skulls full o' mush that our universities love to churn out...

 

[Jimi]

Youthful sense from Northern VA

Then you can add that I grew up in Midland, Bush's "hometown" even though he was born in Conneticut.

Add that my dad worked directly for some of his companies and did contract work for them after he started his own company.

Add that my mother was in the young women republican club with Laura Bush and gave her tips on child care.

Do you have any idea how weird that is. To think about all that crap and to think how easy it would be for me to make a few phone calls and get a kick ass internship but realize how it would invalidate nearly all my principals.

Principles - oh yeah! That's what your parents'(and my) generation used to have in 1970.... I've worked in "the Oil Patch", so I know the folks with whom you are in disagreement.

Good on ya!

The only way that the US will survive as a pluralistic society is for principle to triumph (once in awhile) over pragmatism and Mammon. In this day and age - the American Left is absolutely essential to keeping Tom Jefferson's vision alive! (in this old Furriner's opinion)

By the way, Have a GREAT B'day. I toast you with a "virtual" Molson's Export. 'Course by 1530, It may well be a real one...

 

[SINthysist]

Az

Wouldn't it rather benefit one then to become a mole for one's side?

 

[Jimi]

If you criticize Afghanies...

Does that make you a racist?

Speaking of warm beer. Some beer is made to be drank warm. And is damn good when done so. I spent many a year in Europe. I fell in love with Lowenbrau Dunkel, or dark. It must be drunk warm, room temp.

Three or four of those and you forget your name, and could give a shit less. Smooth, and tasty. I really miss it.

But "Room temp." is 16 to 18 C. - so it's cool, not warm...


Oh, Yeah - this thread. Mensa said it best, but I'll throw in my $CDN .02 - As long as generalization is accurate +/- a few per cent - then it is useful as a "trend analysis".

I am not racist, per se - but cultural norms like female circumcision anger me. That is not slanderous, or inaccurate.

 

[android1966]

If you were to say,

Blacks are moronic animals who need castrating,

Arabs are sick murdering bastards or

The British are anti-American waffling gits.

That would be racist.
If you said,

Mike Tyson is a moronic animal who needs castrating,

Suicide bombers are sick murdering bastards or

P_P man is an anti-American waffling git.

they would be honest opinions.

Beer in Britain is usually served chilled rather than iced as is often the case in the states.
Traditional bitters and ales are served at room temp, so they are not actually any warmer than anything else in the room.

 

[SINthysist]

Good One!

 

[p_p_man]

Good One!

Yeah I thought it was good info on the beer...

 

[SINthysist]

I do hate to say this, but as a life-long American, no one has ever served me beer with ice in it... They'd get thier ass kicked!

Now, cold beer in a frosty mug on a hot day, and let me tell you Brits and Frenchies and all, it really gets fawking hot here, now that hits the spot right and proper...

 

[android1966]

I do hate to say this, but as a life-long American, no one has ever served me beer with ice in it... They'd get thier ass kicked!

Now, cold beer in a frosty mug on a hot day, and let me tell you Brits and Frenchies and all, it really gets fawking hot here, now that hits the spot right and proper...

Yeah that what was what I meant, the mug iced rather than ice actually in the beer. Unfortunately I was in Ohio rather than Kansas and already freezing my nuts off, so I didn't appreciate it quite as much.