On 23/3/05, Shel Belinkoff, discombobulated, unleashed: >If that was the joke about the IRS auditor, I found it quite funny, and not >the least bit offensive. It beautifully pokes fun at stereotyping, and the >joke itself has a long history in comedy in various iterations. Frankly, I >take greater offense at using asterisks when mentioning Nikon and Canon >since A) Pentax is the only brand using an asterisk in the name of one of >its products and B) Nikon and Canon, for the most part, are singled out >while other camera brands generally are spelled out in full, as are third >party lenses and other non-Pentax photographic products. One can say that >by using asterisks for Nikon and Canon they are being singled out for a >certain type of discrimination.
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