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To: Colonel Kangaroo
I am even handed:

I am of European decent so color me whatever color you want.

I HATE Basketball and Hockey. so the 2 balance each other out.

I use to LOVE NASCAR.....until back in the 70's or early 80's or whenever...they stopped using STOCK cars. I was one of the "race on Sunday buy on Monday" guys. In 1967 I bought a brand new Plymouth Satellite just like Mr. Richard Petty drove. NOW, whats the point they obviously race, race cars now and not STOCK cars. I am no longer interested.

I have recently received an email, here at work, TOP TEN list of reasons why there are no black NASCAR drivers, but because of Freep rules and because I do not wish to insult any group I will demure. I do believe the PC practice of not airing out a groups foibles in comedic form (ala Don Rickles...Dice Clay etc), causes more harm than good....its good to be able to laugh at the idiosyncrasies of one group, while they laugh at yours. We are too stiff as a nation these days. Just my $0.02
29 posted on 10/21/2005 3:34:35 AM PDT by Vaquero ("An armed society is a polite society" R. A. Heinlein)
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To: Vaquero
I do believe the PC practice of not airing out a groups foibles in comedic form (ala Don Rickles...Dice Clay etc), causes more harm than good....its good to be able to laugh at the idiosyncrasies of one group, while they laugh at yours. We are too stiff as a nation these days. Just my $0.02

I wish we could be so relaxed to so laugh at our foibles. Failing that, I'd like a society in which all groups are treated equally gently and not the PC path of open season on a few unfavored groups without admitting reciprocity.

39 posted on 10/21/2005 3:39:37 AM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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