Dear Gladys, Of course, you are right, although I wouldn't even describe the original post as a joke. I treat such correspondence with the same method that I use for the porn that occasionally appears in my email, an immediate DELETE.
The purpose of this list is the discussion of colloidal silver, not the dissemination of so-called jokes, that aren't jokes, that place on public display the prejudices and ignorance of the poster. Maybe, no harm was meant, but as my wife (a blonde that hates blond jokes) points out to me, many attempts at humor fall short. True humor never hurts or harms any other human being. John -----Original Message----- From: Gladys Williams [mailto:gw...@juno.com] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 10:44 PM To: silver-list@eskimo.com Cc: silver-list@eskimo.com; shippe...@aol.com; donandmariek...@msn.com; n.karen.gra...@att.net; donnawood...@hotmail.com; dscher...@aol.com; mrs1...@email.msn.com; rmurry...@aol.com Subject: Re: CS>Fw: crash landing Dear Mariano: I joined the Silver List because I enjoy being part of a group of enlightened individuals exchanging discourse with the ultimate goal of improving our health and well being. If I wish to partake in levity I watch the comedy channel. I therefore feel this is not the proper venue for jokes. In addition I find this particular joke offensive, as it suggests that Black women are ignorant. I am a Black woman and as you can see I am quite articulate and can put at least three or four words together that make sense. That joke was blatantly racist and not at all funny. If you thought it was funny and harmless, be careful, your hood is showing. Take your vicious little views masked as jokes to one of the hate sites where they belong. This site is about health and well-being, if you can't keep it to that then I suggest you are not enlightened enough to participate. Gladys P.S. I have lived with ignorant racism all of my life, first as a Black person, then as a Black woman. I do not apologize for this scathing discourse as I am extremely insulted. I did not join the Silver List to hear "Darkie Jokes". On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 21:39:01 -0500 "MARIANO DELISE" <nancym...@prodigy.net> writes: Subject: crash landing The pilot came across the intercom and said "Folks we are experiencing major difficulties and we need to prepare for a crash landing". Everyone began to panic. The flight attendant starting to check on the passengers. She walked by one lady putting on make-up and fixing her hair. He said "we are about to crash what are you doing?" She replied "I heard that when the come to recover the passengers that they look for the prettiest one first". She kept walking and came to a black lady taking all of her clothes off. She asked her what she was doing. The Black lady replied "I heard that when they come to rescue that they look for the black box first"!!
