Posted on 10/16/2009 3:51:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
ML/NJ
We have become a nation of thin skined whiners.
A guy goes to confession and tells the priest he made love to five beautiful women in one night. The priest says “ a young single Catholic should not sleep with one woman let alone five in one night. Say the rosary every night for a week.”
The guy says “ but fadder I’m not young... I’m 72 years old. And I’m not single I’m married.” The priest whispers “how dare you tell me you are cheating on your poor pathetic wife. As a Catholic you are a disgrace.” The guy says “wrong again father...I’m not Catholic .I am Jewish. The priest says “Your Jewish!. Why are you in the confessional telling me about it?” The guy says “I’m telling EVERYBODY”.
Jesse Jackson has said worse but the difference is he meant it.
Racism isn’t words, it is action.....
Private conversation. The “offendee” could have let it drop but nooooo...she’s now empowered. She’s a VICTIM. She can now use this as a weapon to punish her oppressor.
Its kind of a weird thing to say to someone you don’t know.
I’d believe it was a joke if he knew the person and knew the person would know he was razzing them. To say it to someone he doesn’t know, it doesn’t really sound like a joke.
My guess is that alcohol was involved. Alcohol has a way of making people think things are funny, when they aren’t, as well as lowering inhibitions to say whatever pops into one’s mind. One of a long, long list of reasons I don’t touch the stuff.
Shame he’s not a Harvard professor.......he could have kept his job and had beer at the White House too.......
Are you suggesting he is drunk because he is irish, because I don’t find alcohol anywhere in the story?
Never apologize to the perpetually offended. Or just apologize once. They take showing some class as a sign of weakness.
No, I’m suggesting he was drunk because of his impulsive display of amazingly poor judgement.
It should read "You're Jewish!"
"You're" is a contraction, or a combination, of the words "you" and "are".
The word "your" is the possessive form of you, referring to something that a person has, or something that belongs to the person in discussion.
“”You’re” is a contraction, or a combination, of the words “you” and “are”.
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You really do not need the comma after the word combination.
You do not need the word "really" in the above sentence.
You really, really didn’t need to do that. Really.
If I want to I will.
She accepted the guy's apology. That seems to count as 'letting it drop' to me.
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