Gabe and Jose, In general I enjoy your posts even though I may not agree with everything you present. I really didn't remember who posted the joke and wasn't about to go back through all the digests to find the illustrious contributor (who ended up identifying his bias anyway). Also, I didn't want to get into the "Uganda/Tanzania" issue of wrongly crediting it but did want to point out how an seemingly innocuous event could adversly affect some members of a diverse groups such as on GoaNet. Why can't we all be held to same standards that are expected of Santosh?
As a joke, it was marginal as it made use of a poor pun. As a statement, it titillated at the expense of an identifiable group. Gabe, you added insult to injury by stating the obvious. Do you not think there are any homosexuals on this list? Jose, what did you expect your "broken-wristed" colleagues to do but laugh while inwardly probably seething. It is exactly this type of sentiment that has to change if we are to respect each other on this forum and in life. I'm no "angel" myself as I may be offensive to the religiously inclined but I'm trying to be more sensitive and will expect to be reprimanded when I slip up as well. But for now, I have decided to state my objections whenever I perceive an injustice. Sorry guys, I'm not even on the Admin team.... yet ... so to pre-answer your question of... "So who died and made you the boss?" ... YOUR CONSCIENCE :-))) So far, I'm enjoying being back on GoaNet even though I may not contribute as often as I'd like to. Hope I don't get kicked off. Kevin Saldanha Mississauga, Canada ps. I have edited out Jose's comments as I didn't have his permission to repost them to the group. /ks jose colaco wrote: > On 17/05/05, Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would be remiss if I didn't point out my disgust at whoever posted the > "tuti frutti" joke. You definitely offended some members of this list with > it. This list is as good at it's lowest common denominator... let's try to > raise that standard. > > >From: Gabe Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > RESPONSE: Sorry I touched a raw nerve, the only ones who might have taken > offence would IMHO have been gays.
