Actually I assumed the joker was aware of how common the name Ng is, and was simply making a poor joke along the lines of:
First guy: "Every day a man is robbed at an ATM!" Second guy: "Really? That guy must be getting really sick of it!" I say it is a poor joke, because in context it is potentially racist, suggesting that Vietnamese refugees and other Asians are continually in the news as responsible for much of our crime although they are in reality only a small percentage of Australia's population, but a larger percentage of the population of some crime-ridden suburbs of Sydney and possibly Melbourne - although one seems to hear less of this in Victoria than of Sydney. Maybe local (Melbourne) media like to portray big, bad Sydney as being the centre of all crime? Anyway, despite the undoubted existence of Asian crime syndicates, I think it is being a bit unfair and prejudicial to Asians to make such a statement. So I will (interpret | consider) it (or deem it to be) as a poor, but innocent joke to maintain the joker's integrity in my mind. On the other hand, he is free to his own opinion and preference even if it might be racist. Regards, Ian Green > From: Robert S.Z. > Sent: Tuesday, 12 August 2003 9:40 PM > Actually, Ng is one of the more common last names in China and even > Indochina, Southeast Asia, etc. > There are likely to be roughly 200,000,000 Ngs around, fighting with > 200,000,000 Tangs/Tans/Tngs for supremacy ;o) --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
