[VOA]

I hear ya, and I respect what you say, but, I must also add: There are Asian kids
in gangs out there in CA. I mention this only because while your experience is certainly
one that influenced your thinking (and I don't criticize you for such influence),
I also know all kids are prone to certain influences of today's world, UNLESS they have
stronger family ties than the alleged lure of a gang.

Summer,
you've pointed out one flaw to my thinking...and I honestly admit to it.

Asian-American kids, like any other "group" in the USA can go "off the rails"...
I watch "America's Most Wanted" enough to see that criminality is an equal-opportunity
enterprise!

And, as I said I was leaving things "open" to the forum" from my description of my
personal incident in Minnesota...I freely admit it was a VERY flawed statistical
observation, but had more "weight" with me as a personal observation.

And I admit I was statistically prejudiced as, among my male buddies that I attended
a very conservative (mainstream) Churches-of-Christ-affiliated college with...
of the ones who married "Americans"...the divorce rate at 10-years post-marriage
was about 30%...
for my small sample of friends who married ladies they met on missions to Asia...or
"imported" wives from Japan or the Phillipines...no divorces.
(I think the true "kicker" with me is that the fellows that married Asian ladies...
they could hardly get even the American ladies in attendance at our
very Church-oriented/Family-oriented college to even give them the time of day.
They went "off-shore" mostly out of desparation, honestly.)

I admit the a personal sample such as mine is too small to have any statistical significance...
but what I've seen amongst my male college buddies...and on that bus in MN....
and heard from radio reports from even fellows like African-American conservative/libertarian
Larry Elder here in Los Angeles...

I guess those observations led me to make my previous post.
Even if it's not a totally fair or statistically-significant post...

(Summer, I'm just stating this to explain myself more...not to Justify myself......)

As before...I'll leave it to posters/lurkers to make up their own minds about this situation...

Often "The Onion" will create a bit of satire that has a ring of truth to it...
this one simply sounded like "real" truth from what I've observed over the years.

[summer]

VOA, I think your post #491 is very thoughtful, and again, I don't criticize you for your conclusions. We all draw conclusions from our experiences. Thanks for your very reflective posts here. :)

[TontoKowalski]

Often "The Onion" will create a bit of satire that has a ring of truth to it...

All satire (well, at least the best of it) has a ring of truth to it. It's just that with The Onion it's really biting, and really close to home. That's what makes it so good.

The PC's can rant all they want, but the list, while a little bit over-the-top, has that ring of truth. And I don't think the list, or this thread, is racist in the least. We've made fun of silly names and silly people of all races.

"LaTwanda" is no more assinine than "Cheyenne"