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Sisters Suing Southwest Over 'Racist Rhyme'
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Posted on 02/10/2003 1:17:53 PM PST by Sir Gawain
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:35:30 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: Sir Gawain
Great...getting sued for a word you didn't even say.
We're doomed...doomed, I tell ya.
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posted on
02/10/2003 1:19:10 PM PST
by
jra
To: Sir Gawain
OMG........I've never heard the N-word version either and I'm 41 years old. I'm sick and tired of hearing this stupid hyper-sensitve CRAP!! I sincerely hope this will get thrown out and never make it to trial.
MKM
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posted on
02/10/2003 1:20:39 PM PST
by
mykdsmom
(NC Patriot Rally Feb 15th 12-2 State Capital Grounds.........Don't be a FINO!!! Support Our Troops)
To: jra
My G-d, the Stalinist lunacy never ends.
To: Sir Gawain
Please tell me that was the "Human Shields" flight...
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posted on
02/10/2003 1:21:21 PM PST
by
Normal4me
To: jra
Eenie, meanie, minie, moe... catch a TIGER by its toe!
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posted on
02/10/2003 1:21:22 PM PST
by
Frapster
(My grief is real.)
To: jra
Let's make "not-niceness" illegal? Thay way EVERYTHING will be covered & we won't waste the courts time?
BTW...whatever happened to the tiger in this rhyme?
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posted on
02/10/2003 1:21:58 PM PST
by
Puppage
(You may disagree with what I have to say, but I will defend to your death my right to say it.)
To: Sir Gawain
"Atta, Boy!" will catch some racist attention, too.
To: Sir Gawain
Some people are looking to be "offended" and there are a lot of shyster lawyers willing to represent them in court. A loser pays system would stop this kind of nonsense.
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posted on
02/10/2003 1:22:16 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave)
To: Sir Gawain
Plaintiffs' attorney Scott WisselI'll bet that the name is pronounsed "Weasel".
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posted on
02/10/2003 1:24:02 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave)
To: Sir Gawain
"The court agrees with plaintiffs that because of its history, the phrase `eenie, meenie, minie, moe' could reasonably be viewed as objectively racist and offensive," Words fail me.
To: Sir Gawain
Good thing Southwest didn't serve Brazil nuts.
To: jra
This is what happens when trial lawyers have been given free reign for too long. AND why we need GOOD judges on the bench. I am typing this as I am watching CSPAN Senatorial debate about Estrada. Schumer is on now and is really hard to take.
To: mykdsmom
I've never heard the N-word version either and I'm 41 years old. Oh, I've heard it - from my mom (I'm 38). She lived in Mississippi in the mid 50's so maybe that's where she got it. I don't have any idea if it's the "original" version of the rhyme and the two who filed the lawsuit are just pulling the latest version of the Tawana Brawley scam.
To: DeathfromBelow
Thats a good one.
To: Sir Gawain
what's next..banning "so so suck my toe, all the way to Mexico" ?? (one of my favorite retorts when I was a kid).
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posted on
02/10/2003 1:26:02 PM PST
by
goodieD
To: Sir Gawain
`eenie, meenie, minie, moe' Tweety, of the Bugs Bunny cartoon, is in big trouble.
I distinctly recall an episode when Sylvester the cat was hanging from his toes on a high wire. Tweety comes along and says as he lifts up each toe: "eenie, meenie, minie ..." (Sylvester has only 3 toes and falls.)
"What do you know, they ain't no mo'", Tweety says.
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posted on
02/10/2003 1:27:12 PM PST
by
NEWwoman
To: DeathfromBelow
Good thing Southwest didn't serve Brazil nuts. LOL! A lot of people won't get that, either.
To: Mr. Jeeves
Easy to find out. I'm sure there is a manifest of all passengers on board. Track them down and find out what was said. If she used the "n" word then the company should pay, but from what it sounds like she said "tiger".
I've never heard that the rhyme comes from slave days. I doubt these Plaintiffs did either till they talked to a lawyer.
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posted on
02/10/2003 1:27:19 PM PST
by
frmrda
To: jra
We're doomed...doomed, I tell ya. I know. I see this sort of nonsense in the news every single day. It's taking a toll.
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